iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Jody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 15/10/2026

And perfectly to time too. Incredible stuff!

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 14/10/2026

Dexter Filkins witnessed a public execution in Afghanistan. He reflects on the spectacle, brought to mind by the planned live stream of Nidal Hasan’s death by firing squad. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

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What a Public Execution Looks Like

A reporter who covered the war in Afghanistan—and saw a man executed there—reflects on what it’s like to witness a public killing.

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bijan (spooky version) @bijan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

this is really really fascinating. what's happened on ravelry is almost certainly reflected across every single other creator space online — your youtubes, your tiktoks, your instagrams. there's just not a lot of space left in the middle:

And as you have already noted, a whole lot of us are struggling to figure out the path to the livable middle in an era where there are no easy formulas anymore. I know that for anyone who came of age and established a career in a different era, talking about how you can't grow your platform on social media might sound like complaining about a very first-world problem. But what else are we supposed to do when there are so few good jobs left, and everyone is telling you to build a portfolio career? The thing that worries me is that we're being pushed toward self-sufficiency at exactly the same time that it seems to be getting harder to build a sustainable independent career that isn’t dictated by the whims of tech companies and social media algorithms. This is true for both new and established creators.

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Jody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 12/10/2026

Shoutout to the sales rep in Oregon who sold the slot, didn’t say a word, and kept it moving.

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

One of the first things Fidel Castro did upon taking power was televising live executions by firing squad.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 07/10/2026

The grammatical 'colon' and the anatomical 'colon' are not etymologically related. The anatomical 'colon' comes from the Greek ‘kolon’ which means “large intestine.” The grammatical 'colon' comes from the Greek ‘kōlon’ which means “limb.” Both are a means to an end.

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an appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

i have yet to see this man do any physical activity with good form

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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

never the wrong time for this classic

Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?"
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 04/10/2026

I'm not saying I have a gift of prophecy but

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Ruth Kostik @ruthkostik.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I had a bear visitor last night too, but the damage was minimal

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Galen Druke @galendruke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Learned from @alaska.bsky.social that gas has gotten up to $27/gallon in some parts of rural Alaska...............

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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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Ann @lifeinthepnw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Dear Eric Schmitt: Other places where Jack Smith was not on February 3 — Skateboarding with Tony Hawk Watching a Howard Hawks film Visiting Ethan Hawke Jamming with Hamish Hawk At a Seattle Seahawks game At a Chicago Blackhawks game Birdwatching Cooper’s hawks …but now he’s watching you like a hawk

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Nathaniel Rakich @baseballot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Supreme Court's ruling on the SAVE database shouldn't affect the 2026 election. Under federal law, you can't systematically remove voters from the rolls within 90 days of an election.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 22/09/2026

IMPORTANT: You can use the word 'autumnal' today.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If I said we have a broken political system, it'd be the least memorable thing I said all day. We all know it. We all say it. The question is: Why do we act like it isn't? It can't go on like this.

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Shana @shanamd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I am SORRY for sharing something that was posted on the other place, but this is too good.

The future pope at a party with a caption “they don’t know I’m the future pope”

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Jody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 16/09/2026

I just can't get over the fact that Sheeran thought writing "I am not complicit" would go over well (among many many other things he didn't anticipate). I think if you find yourself writing that sentence, you've lost the plot!

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I’ve now lived so much longer than I would ever have expected to that I feel I’m living in the future. This is when I imagined Neuromancer happening. And now the creators of today’s AI warn us that it threatens humanity.

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Phil PlAIt @philplait.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

For the souls who are too young to know what this is about. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSV-...

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Carol Burnett - Went with the Wind

YouTube video by Vintage TV Shows

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 13/09/2026

One time, and I promise this is true, Bush gave a flip remark about violence while playing golf and it became a defining moment for his legacy. This president shrugging about a war he started while overseas at a golf tournament that is lining his own pockets won’t be remembered in two weeks.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I've taught this many times. It's an astonishing piece, one of the best by a brilliant writer. Very hard going; worth it if you can.

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Paul and Storm @paulandstorm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

[P] I might suggest “the Muppets must put on a variety show with a different guest host each week. Various shenanigans happen both on stage and backstage.”

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026

Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 09/09/2026

You know who actually did show up at Ground Zero? Canadian emergency rescue crews.

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Ruth Kostik @ruthkostik.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Picture perfect day atop Thunder Mountain!

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Ruth Kostik @ruthkostik.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This was kinda fun, got me dead on as generally a Minnesota dialect, but mostly based off a couple specific terms rather than pronunciation

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Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I saw a meme today that said that books are proof that strangers can meet across centuries and still understand each other. That really resonated.

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Ruth Kostik @ruthkostik.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I think the frustration/disillusionment comes more from the fact that the parties don’t seem to be giving us the chance to really use it as intended - it feels a little like what’s point if half the viable field drop out so you really are left with no one to rank

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Republicans promised to "drain the swamp." Then they gave us an all-time high tide of Washington corruption, while the only thing they've drained is the Reflecting Pool.

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A crow casually removing several metal anti-bird spikes from a building ledge. Original post

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Micah @rincewind.run · 01/09/2026

a remarkably effective life hack: just be nice to people it's incredible how much goodwill people will extend to you if you're pleasant to them

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Ruth Kostik @ruthkostik.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Crab-Santa visited me today and the cats were very “helpful” 🦀😹

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026

macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.

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Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Summers in college I worked for NYC council member Henry Stern who explained to me that whenever the council found it had no power to do anything, it renamed a street

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it's an uncivil war @lucyksy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Wish more people understood that they don't know, know a famous person.

My 7 year old heard me say that DP died and got very sad. I was surprised she knew the name.
You know DP? I don't know know her. But she sent me books.

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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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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.

Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together

photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy

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Nathaniel Rakich @baseballot.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Did... did Dolly Parton's death crash Wikipedia?

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Mexican researcher Eva Ramón Gallegos achieved a milestone that puts Latin American science at the center of the world medical debate: she managed to completely eliminate the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) in controlled clinical studies.

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