iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Rob Carlson @robcarlson.bsky.social · 6h

“If they last” I am looking at data right now from @tandempv.bsky.social . Perovskites last just fine — if you know what you are doing. Longer than silicon cells, probably.

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Rob Carlson @robcarlson.bsky.social · 8h

Well. I am in Paris, officially slaughtering the French language.

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Rob Carlson @robcarlson.bsky.social · 16h

Note to self: When traveling in or to/from The Netherlands, the NS app only has live updates for NS trains, but the NS International app has live tracking of Dutch, Belgian, French, and German trains. (Most of the time.)

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Butlerian Jihadist of House Dornick @shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026

Basically AI allows software engineers to produce shitty code *faster* and in higher volumes which increases the amount time spent on code reviews and revisions nullifying the productivity gained from producing the code in the first place.

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Butlerian Jihadist of House Dornick @shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026

Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/10/2026

These were identical trips, loaded via identical referrer URLs. The difference was that in the browser where Air Canada knew that I was an extremely loyal and prolific customer, they had whacked me with a *44.8% premium* to punish me for my loyalty!

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Rob Carlson @robcarlson.bsky.social · 18h

Thread on abusive pricing practices.

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Rob Carlson @robcarlson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Also Le Theatre Hotel and its brasserie are very pleasant.

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Rob Carlson @robcarlson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If you happen to be in Maastricht, I can recommend Marres Kitchen. Excellent food. Nice garden. Short walk from anywhere in the old city. The lentil soup was amazing, and the duck leg was perfect.

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Michael Grunwald @mikegrunwald.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

GREAT ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE NEWS!!! (Not a typo!) The Indonesian government has cancelled its insane Food and Energy Estates project, which would have deforested a land mass the size of Maryland. Amazing work by @mightyearth.org. A massive victory for the planet. mightyearth.org/article/indo...

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Indonesia Announces End to “World’s Largest Deforestation Project” - Mighty Earth

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Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Somehow all these models of our future assume that there is some OTHER group of very highly trained, insightful individuals who function as an underclass that will somehow be satisfied with endlessly reviewing the products of the Real Scientists to make all this work out.

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Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Like many scientists, I’ve been mulling over the impact of LLMs on our fields. I’ve not yet seen it articulated, but I think there is a largely unspoken “invisible labor underclass” framework at play.

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Rob Carlson @robcarlson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"immigration agents [gave] “inconsistent, false and misleading testimony” in court; [the Judge] said that they had probably perjured themselves…[using] “false testimony to conceal these failings.”" Trump-Appointed Judge Accuses ICE of Lying and Fabricating Records www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/n...

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Trump-Appointed Judge Accuses ICE of Lying and Fabricating Records

Two men were mistakenly arrested in the Bronx by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Gary R. Brown, a federal judge, condemned the agency’s actions.

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Rob Carlson @robcarlson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I haven’t had anything to say about this so far because real information about the event is so thin. Most of what you can read is blathering on for the sake of attention. This update from Dr. Bhadelia is level-headed and helps clarify how little anyone outside of Russia actually knows. #biosky

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Rob Carlson @robcarlson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Your periodic reminder that higher renewables generation is generally correlated with greater grid stability. The Sun Has Won Working Paper: The Impact of Renewable Electricity Generation on Grid Stability www.planetarytech.earth/s/The-Sun-Ha... 🔌💡

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The NY Fed examines how tariffs affected inflation and finds that, without them, goods prices would have declined as of last February. libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2026/10/how-...

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

“A rational billionaire would see the merits of buying social peace. An enlightened one would acknowledge his debts to federal science, public education and chance.Alas, there are few such super-rich to be found.” Me on the demagoguery against Prop 40. as.ft.com/r/4f1869f4-5...

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California’s oligarch tax would change America

The goal of its framers is political rather than budgetary

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Rob Carlson @robcarlson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is really quite delightful. Bravo Mr. Isaacson. Ada Lovelace Already Answered the Big Questions About A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/o...

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Opinion | What Ada Lovelace Would Have Said About A.I.

What Ada Lovelace can teach us as we develop artificial intelligence.

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Rob Carlson @robcarlson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

w/o reference to when or a *probability*.

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Rob Carlson @robcarlson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“If”, “were”, and “might” just in the first sentence of this post. The piece itself uses the word “terrifying” in the intro w/o reference to when or a probably. Then lots of nebulous warnings of doom with no reality checks. Disappointing journalism.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

There does seem to be an interesting subset of folks who seem huffily annoyed that creators might want to be compensated for their stolen work by the people whose intentional acts of theft has literally allowed to become billionaires, I mean, how dare we, right

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

To the person noting there is not enough money in the world to license every piece of intellectual property stolen for "AI" training: you're sooooo close to the point, friend, keep going, you'll get there if you try

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Well Said,Pope Leo.......

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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Rob Carlson @robcarlson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I find myself today near Eindhoven, with little to do, which perhaps calls for a stroll and rewatching A Bridge Too Far.

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Rob Carlson @robcarlson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

There are places in London where you come out of a tube station and you think "oh, posh detective story", or "Bond film set", and sometimes you think "ah, quaint Holmes backdrop". And then others where you walk out and it's "Slough House" all the way.

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Rob Carlson @robcarlson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“We didn’t labor in the wilderness to build a conservative party that was inclusive and welcoming … to see it taken over by a bunch of bigots,” Rove said. That’s because this isn’t what Rove built. Never could be.

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Rob Carlson @robcarlson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Spending a few days swanning about London. I hope all the locals appreciate my time and effort arranging the weather for my visit.

Swans on the Long Water in Kensington Gardens, with the sky, trees, and clouds reflected on the calm surface.

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Rob Carlson @robcarlson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Or at least out of Cascadia.

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Rob Carlson @robcarlson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

@soundersfc.com fans are certainly happy to see him out of MLS…

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Dave Osmond @davidosmond.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thread: Each week I run a simulation of Australia’s main electricity grid using rescaled generation data to show that it can get very close to 100% renewable electricity with 24GW/120GWh of storage (5 hrs at av demand) Results: Last week: 100.0% RE Last 266 weeks: 98.5% RE (1/5)

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Rob Carlson @robcarlson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Lot's of good news coming on this front.

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Rob Carlson @robcarlson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Repowering solar generation to take advantage of preexisting infrastructure definitely going to happen. The economics are all one-way, and the only question is how fast. We have had this on the radar at @tandempv.bsky.social for many years now. #energysky

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