iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Comrades Marathon has dropped its oily sponsors 👏🏻🥳🎉 One less race being used for sportswashing! Now it needs to turn action into policy. Time for other races to follow Comrades lead. @badvertising.bsky.social @cooldownnetwork.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/ygYYO...

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Comrades Marathon Dropped Its Fossil Fuel Sponsor | Is it Official?

YouTube video by Politically Aweh

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Luke Knox @lukeknox.me · 01/10/2026

Wemby is something else, man

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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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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 02/09/2026

It really is this simple. Don't watch.

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Buckingham Palace band playing 9 to 5 for Dolly Parton

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Tara Goddard @drtaragoddard.com · 21/08/2026

Reminder that people routinely rate genAI as useful in *other* domains, but still poor in the ones they know well. Think about why that is.

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jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 11/08/2026

what if i do not want to be optimized. what if i want to make mistakes because that’s how you learn; what if i want to do nothing sometimes, what if i want a world that is weird and challenging and has mysteries left to reveal. what if i like taking the long way

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Ruth A+ @ruthea.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

This applies to “being a good person” more generally too. Its something you do not something you are.

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Pierre de Vos @pierredevos.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

"I am sorry I cannot offer more sympathy for your current rage. I am sorry your lives are not more eventful or fulfilling. I am sorry you still chase the ‘glory days’ of a school you haven’t attended in years. www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...

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A love letter to the Bishops Old Diocesan Committee, from the queer who first put up that flag

I am sorry I cannot offer more sympathy for your current rage. I am sorry your lives are not more eventful or fulfilling. I am sorry you still chase the ‘glory days’ of a school you haven’t attended i...

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Who would have known Argentina would have so much trouble battling a remote Atlantic archipelago?

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 04/07/2026

Now that you’ve gone through the experience of not being able to see images for a while, try to remember how much less useful it was if you saw alt text saying “screenshot of article” instead of the actual text What would you want to have described to you if you couldn’t see the image? Do that

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

“MARRIAGES ASSISTED BY THEM ARE INVALID” 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

3. Finally, the holy People of God are warned that the sacred ministers of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X administer the sacraments illicitly, and that the sacrament of penance administered by them and marriages assisted by them are invalid.

The Church, as a caring mother, will welcome with sincere affection and lively solicitude all those who wish to return to full communion.
The Apostolic Nuncios will arrange the procedures that Ordinaries may use in the various cases.

Finally, all the faithful are urged to remain steadfast in communion with the Roman Pontiff, with the Bishops in communion with him, and with the whole Church (cf. Lumen Gentium, 22; can. 751 CIC), and to refrain from taking part in celebrations and activities promoted by the aforementioned Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X.

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Dan Why-Ner @danweiner.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

BBC News went live to Cabo Verde and then Cabo Verde scored a goal. Absolute scenes.

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Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Today is the tenth anniversary of Jo Cox's murder by a white supremacist on her way to a surgery in Birstall in her constituency whose ethnic diversity she praised in her maiden speech to the Commons. Her murderer shouted "Britain first" as he shot and stabbed her to death.

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Rachel Savage @rachelmsavage.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The day of 16 June 1976 began peacefully in Soweto, as students streamed out of their schools to peacefully protest the imposition of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction. By the end of the day, dozens would be dead.

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‘Then the firing started’: the Soweto uprising remembered 50 years on

16 June 1976 is not just another chapter in the history books, nor is its aftermath and legacy, say those who took part and their families

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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Abdullah Ibrahim, Eminent South African Jazz Pianist, Dies at 91 His song “Mannenberg” became the unofficial anthem of the country’s fight against apartheid, with Nelson Mandela calling him “our Mozart.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/a...

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Abdullah Ibrahim, Eminent South African Jazz Pianist, Dies at 91

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Ruth A+ @ruthea.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Cape Verde!! What a match!

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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

This will go down as a major stain on FIFA and its World Cup before a ball has even been kicked. Infantino has been banging on about the most inclusive World Cup and Africa’s top referee can’t even get into the country. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/w...

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U.S. Denies Entry to World Cup Referee From Somalia

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I find this interesting bc it is one of the ways through which the arrival of gen-AI is *not* a way of "saving time".

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Ruth A+ @ruthea.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Media: classic example of when you should report the facts. She literally does not have a right hand - no need to “say” it. Again if one person says its raining and the other says it isn’t the journalist should look outside and report the facts!

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🎃 It’s the Mid Pumpkin, Emily 🎃 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

The fastest route away from fascism is community. You have to first have a knitting circle to do consciousness raising in your knitting circle

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Anchorage Man @sethpartnow.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

So, @edzitron.com ate his Wheatties this morning

LLMs impress the writers who do not want to write, the coders who don't want to code, the researchers who don't want to research, and the lawyers that don't want to actually understand case law. Those that desperately tell you how powerful Al is and that you simply must use it are looking for you to validate their own laziness or distaste for effort, and those who are impressed with LLMs' outputs tend to be people with low standards.

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Ruth A+ @ruthea.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Did not know this about Bluesky - so I guess before blocking be sure to unfollow

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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Particularly in the context of (appropriate) crackdowns on LLM-generated papers (e.g., on arXiv) and more and more tales of fabricated citations, two reminders: (1) LLMs do not "cite their sources" (2) Using an LLM to generate, complete, or fix LaTeX code can result in fabricated citations

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/05/2026

While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.

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Pierre de Vos @pierredevos.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Coetzee declined because of Israel's Genocide in Gaza, apparently stating that it is impossible for any part of Israeli society — including the intellectual and artistic communities — to claim it does not share in the guilt for the atrocities in Gaza, www.ynetnews.com/culture/arti...

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Nobel Prize winner in literature invited to writers festival in Israel, but declined

International Writers' Festival in Mishkenot Sha'ananim has opened with authors from abroad alongside local writers; But ynet has learned that behind the scenes it faced rejections from prominent writ...

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Ruth A+ @ruthea.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

All three of the top finishers came in under the previous world record and 1st and 2nd came in under 2:00:00 🙀🥳

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I'd say that this applies to anyone traveling in a car in any city. Being in a car versus walking, riding, or taking transit fundamentally changes how you view a place and your relationship to it. I wish more leaders set this kind of example. www.npr.org/2026/04/16/n...

Mamdani hasn't had time to really think about all that space he now has, because he spends most of his time at City Hall and around New York City. He tries to keep a semblance of his old life by getting around the city on foot, by bike or train.

"If you spend every single day driving around in a tinted window security detail, you will have a very specific view of the city," he said. "You actually meet other New Yorkers and you break out of the bubble that so many have come to expect of politics, where politicians only seem to be spending time with other politicians or the people who donated to make them politicians."

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Katja Diehl @katjadiehl.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

1/ I'm currently writing a blog post about what other countries are doing to address “high gas prices.” Australia (Victoria): All trains, trams, and buses free for the entire month of April. Australia (Tasmania): All public buses free until the end of June.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

It's the inconvenience that I enjoy.

carton of milk labeled 20 min drive
run out of milk?
With none of those annoying walkable stores, you get to drive 20 mins.
there's nothing more freeing than having to drive everywhere for everything.
ROVÉLO
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

i appear to have asked a question akin to "how do Rebel Alliance schoolteachers feel about Darth Vader?"

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Pascal Jacquemain @jacquep.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

BP encourages drivers to save 100% on soaring fuel prices by cycling to petrol stations instead The initiative is in response to the war in the Middle East that has led experts to warn of oil shortages for cars and homes road.cc/news/bp-enco...

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BP encourages drivers to save 100% on soaring fuel prices by cycling to petrol stations instead

Drivers are being encouraged to cycle to their local petrol stations to buy fuel, as part of a latest effort to drive down demand in response to shortages caused by the war in Iran.Since the conflict ...

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Chicagoans Who Bike @chiwho.bike · 28/03/2026

Gas prices are soaring, but people interested in biking don't know where to start. What type of bike do I get for kids? Cargo? Commuting? Today, we're launching a site for just that - Find The Right Bike! In just four questions, we'll tell you the bike you need and how much money it'll save you 🧵

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Find The Right Bike

Answer four questions to find your right bike, and see how much you could save by biking!

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

“Every $1,300 New York City invested in building bike lanes in 2015 provided benefits equivalent to one additional year of life at full health over the lifetime of all city residents, according to a new economic assessment.” That’s a better return on investment than some direct health treatments…”

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Bike lanes are a sound public health investment

Every $1,300 New York City invested in building bike lanes in 2015 provided benefits equivalent to one additional year of life at full health over the lifetime of all city residents, according to a ne...

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Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · 25/03/2026

Every time in history that people recognized what was happening early enough, they stood a better chance of stopping it. I made a 15-minute video breaking down the evidence. Watch the full thing here: youtube.com/watch?v=DDf25rNyT1A

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You're Not Overreacting. This Is Actually Fascism.

YouTube video by Rutger Bregman

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I Heart Noise @iheartnoise.bandcamp.com · 22/03/2026

Such a great way of thinking about hobbies. Especially considering how American culture seem to despise them as something worthless. bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Ruth A+ @ruthea.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Does anyone in South Africa (in particular the Western Cape) know what is happening with Ensure (the original version not the Gold/Plus version)? It’s been out of stock everywhere and I see on the abbot RSA site they now only list the Gold/Plus versions.

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Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

The truth is not the average of a fact and a lie.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Just a reminder to men writing about anything that they should read lots of women just a reminder to white people writing about anything that they should read lots of Black and Brown people just a reminder to cis people writing about anything that they should read lots of trans people just a r

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boonque שארלוט משאול @kwstzhaderbonch.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Measles *and* TB in a concentration camp.

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 28/02/2026

"How can you oppose war when Khamenei was evil?" Simple. If you killed Donald Trump by nuking Washington DC, I would not mourn Trump but I'd still say you're an evil war criminal who belongs in the Hague. It's really not hard.

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Open Secrets ZA @opensecrets.org.za · 26/02/2026

📢 Open Secrets is looking for a new full-time campaigner! We investigate economic crime, expose power, and use research, advocacy & the law to defend human rights. Ready to hold the powerful accountable? APPLY HERE: form.jotform.com/Open_Secrets/campa…

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Yes, you SHOULD absolutely print off our ads as posters and put them up around your office, home, barber shop, coffee shop… Plus please just share them A LOT on social media. #UrbanTruth

“Walkable neighborhoods aren’t scary, they’re convenient.” Picture of a corner coffee shop in Brooklyn street and in a walkable community.

“Car dependency DOESN’T equal freedom. Mobility freedom comes from mobility choice.” Picture of a busy city arterial street filled with car congestion.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Fascinating and deeply satisfying resolution to why adenovirus-based vaccines produced blood clots in 1 out of 200,000 people. Two factors interacted: a mutation in an antibody gene + weak similarities between a viral protein & a human blood-clotting protein = induced clotting cascade.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Listen to the poets.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

“They cut speed limits, changed street design, removed space for cars… Now it appears that work is paying off. #Oslo & #Helsinki are reaping the rewards of committed action on making their roads safer, reducing pedestrian fatalities to zero last year.” #VisionZero #SpeedKills

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How Helsinki and Oslo cut pedestrian deaths to zero

After years of committed action, neither city recorded a single pedestrian fatality in 2019

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