iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Brian @sassyproducer.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

This is the first time I had to look up what the word even meant. Wordle 1,516 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Dayn Perry @daynperry.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

"Everybody loved Ryne Sandberg" is really not an exaggeration.

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

There was so much sadness in Cooperstown this weekend as his fellow Hall of Famers braced for this news. Ryno was so beloved. His smile, his warmth, his kindness were ever present. He was always there for anyone who needed help. RIP to one of my favorite people in baseball

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Jordan Bastian @bastianmlb.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

On my 15th birthday, I was in the stands for Ryne Sandberg’s last game at Wrigley Field. He raised his cap as the theme from “The Natural” played before making his exit. It also happened to be the last time Harry Caray led the crowd in singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.”

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

My friend just told me that when her dad, who is a huge Cubs fan, was in the hospital for heart surgery, she wanted to buy him a Ryne Sandberg “get well soon” Cameo but couldn't afford it. She contacted him and Sandberg sent her dad a message and a selfie for free.

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Brian @sassyproducer.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

I grew up idolizing Ryne Sandberg. Saw his last games at Wrigley Field, and his HOF induction in 2005. They say “never meet your heroes,” but I still did. After weeks of badgering the Smokies PR person in 2009, I got to spend 10 minutes interviewing Ryne Sandberg and asking every question in my head

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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.

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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

What the fuck is the point of paying money to a police department if they won’t protect people from hostile masked kidnappers?

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Brian @sassyproducer.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

I’ve been using this start word for 1,147 Wordles. Now I need a new one 😭 Wordle 1,421 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Not to state the obvious, but none of them were sent to a terrorist prison in El Salvador. They all had lawyers, indictment by grand jury, a trial or a guilty plea where a judge ensured it was knowing & voluntary & access to an appeals process. In other words, all the hallmarks of due process.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops. I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Remind you of anyone?

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Brian @sassyproducer.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

When you’re out early hiding easter eggs and realize you’re being watched…

Tuxedo kitty Mabel peeking out a window, spotting me hiding eggs instead of the birdies she was hoping to see.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Be a Mister Rogers. Wear comfy shoes. Celebrate kindness. Sow affirmations. Save time for make-believe. Sing silly little songs. Testify before a senate subcommittee about the importance of quality public broadcasting. Feed fish. Love sweaters.

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Brian @sassyproducer.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

This is PREVENTABLE. (I mean, that sentence can be applied to a lot right now, but there is literally a vaccine that can stop this!)

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Brian @sassyproducer.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Feel almost like I grew up with Richard Chamberlain as a cool substitute teacher. He starred or co-starred in so many books brought to the screen in the 70s and 80s. Made him a fixture in school for when the teacher needed a movie day. May his memory be a blessing.

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Steve Hofstetter @stevehofstetter.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

The White House Correspondents’ Association said it fired host Amber Ruffin so it can instead focus the dinner on celebrating the First Amendment. Which apparently can be done best by preventing a gay black woman from speaking.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.

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Sandi Bachom 📹🎥🎬 @sandibachom.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

At the Mike Lawler empty chair town hall in Peekskill, 102 year old Dee in danger of losing her Medicaid, heard FDR on the radio in 1935 when he created Social Security. @indivisible.org

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Brian @sassyproducer.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

While you’re here, would you like to sketch this owl? Learn how to code? Get your taxes done? Create your own comic book? Learn how to sew? Check out an induction stove? Use a 3D printer? Just sit and exist without an expectation of spending money? Get free Narcan?

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Brian @sassyproducer.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Hope is a precious and powerful thing.

A picture of Fred Rogers in his signature cardigan (this one is red) smiling at the camera, appearing the change into more comfortable shows as he did in the PBS children’s show “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” for many years.
Beside Mr. Rogers is a quote that says “If you look for the helpers, you’ll know that there’s hope.”

It’s the final line of a thought from an interview where he reveals when he would see something scary as a boy, his mother would tell him to “look for the helpers” because there are always people helping.

The interview can be seen here:

https://youtu.be/-LGHtc_D328?si=exK0kNepW0u9MfAP

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

It should be very clear to every Senate Democrat that any vote for Cloture will also be considered a vote for the bill. People aren’t going to be tricked with procedural games. They know exactly what is going on. Defend Medicaid. Vote NO on Cloture. NO on bill.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

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Brian @sassyproducer.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

In times where joy and optimism can be hard to find, @joeposnanski.bsky.social’s amazing book on Buck O’Neil was a very welcome read. It had me laughing, feeling hope, and crying, all within paragraphs of each other.

The cover of a book. It shows an old style baseball field at the bottom, and a black and white image of Buck O’Neil at the top. O’Neil is perched on the top step of a baseball dugout, a serious look on his face, with his right hand on his hip and his left arm resting on his bent front knee. O’Neil’s jersey reads “Monarchs.”
The title is The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O’Neil’s America” by Joe Posnanski

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Adam Zyglis @adamzyglis.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Democracy dies in primer… #bezos

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Brian @sassyproducer.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

It’s birthday tradition in my family to let the birthday person pick their dinner. Anything (within reason) goes. My baby boy said he wanted pizza. My pizza. Not the pizza from the (VERY good, imho) pizzeria in town. My heart grew so fast it made the Grinch look like a chump. 💗💗💗💗

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Brian @sassyproducer.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Oh, cool. Finally, something I can give a master class in 😂 😭 😂

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Brian @sassyproducer.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Book bans are real. Do not let any gaslighting convince you that they do not exist.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Termination notices going out this afternoon to more than 300 employees of the National Cancer Institute. Access likely ends today. Four weeks paid leave and that’s it. Strong power move for Team Cancer.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Gutting the CDC right as we’re on the cusp of major outbreaks of transmissible diseases is a very bad idea.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs confirms it has dismissed more than 1,000 employees A once unthinkable concept for an agency that operates 100+ major hospitals and many hundreds more clinics And processes veterans benefits news.va.gov/press-room/v...

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VA dismisses more than 1,000 employees - VA News

WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced the dismissal of more than 1,000 employees.

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Brian @sassyproducer.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Yea, yea Moriarity. Being awake. We all have to do it.

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JacketDan’s Stunt Spooktacular @jacketdan.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Also probably good to sit there for 4 or 5 minutes while you decide if you REALLY want to connect to it or not

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actioncookbook @actioncookbook.com · 13/02/2025

looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Do not mess with librarians. They let complete strangers borrow their books. For a living. Even the hardcovers. They are so much stronger than you know.

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Encyclopaedia Britannica @britannica.com · 12/02/2025

Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️

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Gov. Bob Ferguson @governorferguson.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Very proud to announce the Department of Health will now process all requests to change gender designation on birth certificates within three business days. Previously, there was as much as a 10 month wait.

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Brian @sassyproducer.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Been binging Star Trek (again), and am reminded of its important messages through the decades of hope and strength through diversity. That the future CAN be better if we make good choices. (and also, that Jeri Ryan is a badass)

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a woman with a robotic face and the words i will not comply behind her

Alt: Seven of Nine from the tv show Star Trek Voyager. She has a metallic Borg implant above her left eye, and her hair pulled back tightly. Her message is clear and straightforward: I WILL NOT COMPLY

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Brian @sassyproducer.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Transgender persons are 2.5x more likely than cisgendered persons to become a victim of violence, according to federal statistics. bjs.ojp.gov/library/publ... Human rights organizations have the rate even higher. Brushing these kids aside will put more people at risk. Cruelty is the point.

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Violent Victimization by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, 2017–2020

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Actually, that is precisely what the legislative branch is supposed to do.

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 08/02/2025

Did you know the library has more than books? Of course you did. You're smart. You use the library.

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Mike Okuda @mikeokuda.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Science is a self-correcting process that inherently moves toward truth. Often not directly, and not perfectly, but certainly far better and more powerfully useful than any other school of thought devised by humans.

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 08/02/2025

Trump fired the Archivist of the United States hours after the National Archive obeyed FOIA in returning these 496 pages detailing his repeated Presidential Records Act violations & how delicate the Mar-A-Lago extraction process was given the existence of "need-to-know" highly sensitive documents

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