iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Our Island Universe @ourislanduniverse.space · 28/09/2026

Are we alone? On Oct 7 at 7p PT, exoplanet scientist Dr. Jessie Christiansen explores the search for “Earth 2.0” — what we’ve learned from Kepler & TESS, & how future missions may finally find another habitable world. The Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series is hosted at Foothill College. FREE!

Are we alone?

On Oct. 7 at 7 PM PT, exoplanet scientist Dr. Jessie Christiansen explores the search for “Earth 2.0”—what we’ve learned from Kepler & TESS, and how future missions may finally find another habitable world.

Free at Foothill College, Los Altos.

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ryan @ryanfancey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Checked Twitter for first time in ages to see if there were any trade updates. Immediate regret.

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Robert McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 25/09/2024

Every story the Universe tells, is a history. Danish astronomer Ole Rømer was born #OTD in 1644. His observations of Jovian moons confirmed that light propagates at finite speed. This profound conceptual shift opened the door for work by Huygens, Fresnel, and Maxwell. 🧪 🔭 A thread:

Painted portrait of Ole Rømer. He has long, dark, curly hair (possibly a wig) and wears a burgundy jacket with a frilly white collar.

Portrait: Jacob Conring / Wikimedia Commons

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The PM's statement that Canada is mapping out scenarios for US military violence is a game changer. There is no pretending that things will somehow go back to normal as long as the White House believes it can threaten violence against neighbours. charlieangus.substack.com/p/a-reminder...

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A REMINDER OF WHAT IS AT STAKE

Recent polls show that as many as 72% of Canadians believe that a military invasion from the United States is a real possibility.

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Shanil Virani @shanilv.ca · 21/09/2026

What happened in the 1,000 years between Ptolemy & Copernicus? 🧪🔭 People never stopped looking up. Join us Oct. 17 for a new Learn@ASP workshop exploring astronomy’s Islamic Golden Age — and a richer story of how humanity came to know the cosmos. 🌍 ⁠Register 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬: bit.ly/Islamic-Gold...

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Shanil Virani @shanilv.ca · 19/09/2026

Bring the Universe to your community. The @aas.org Shapley Visiting Lectures Program brings astronomers to schools, libraries, planetariums, observatories & community groups across North America. $400 Honorarium provided.🧪 Apply to host in 2027 by Oct. 2: bit.ly/ShapleyLectures #Astronomy #SciComm

Bring the Universe to your community.

The AAS Shapley Visiting Lectures Program brings astronomers to schools, libraries, planetariums, observatories & community groups across North America.

Apply to host in 2027 by Oct. 2:
bit.ly/ShapleyLectures

#Astronomy #SciComm

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 02/09/2026

@samsteindc.bsky.social reacts to Pierre Damas Bel’s suicide after he lost his temporary protected status: “He wasn't a criminal. He went by the books; he followed the law. I cannot believe that this is how we are treating people.”

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/08/2026

This county jail in Florida is supposed to detain immigrants for only up to 72 hours, per DHS. One woman was rebooked 10 times, spending a cumulative 26 days in jail. Read the full story: propub.li/4y7RORJ

A timeline showing a Mexican woman’s 10 rebookings, each within 72 hours, during a nearly monthlong stint, from Sept. 23 to Oct. 22, at the Pinellas County Jail in Clearwater, Florida.

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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A 76-year-old man holding permanent US residency and grappling with stage four prostate cancer is reportedly being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention in Tacoma, Washington. What the fuck are we doing here? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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ICE holds man with stage 4 cancer in detention despite permanent US residency

ICE spokesperson says Loreto Javar failed to disclose criminal conviction in Philippines when he applied for visa

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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Democrats have re-gained a vote in the House as Dr. Everton Blair Jr. fills the vacancy in Georgia left by the death of Rep. David Scott when he was officially sworn into Congress today. Mike Johnson has his grubby hands full holding his caucus together for the rest of this term - and I love that.

Dr. Everton Blair, newly sworn-in member of the House.

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 02/09/2026

A social media post by Hegseth body-shaming female members of a Canadian youth development program sparked furious backlash on both sides of the border

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Pete Hegseth criticized for body-shaming Canadian cadets: ‘Literally they’re kids’

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Shanil Virani @shanilv.ca · 31/08/2026

From across one small world, we gathered beneath the same sky. They came for community, learning & connection. They left with inspiration, hope, ideas, love & gratitude. Thank you #StreamAlive, @astrosociety.org’s Official Audience Engagement Partner, for helping #Astronomy250 bring us together.🔭🧪

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Shanil Virani @shanilv.ca · 28/08/2026

Day 2 of #Astronomy250 begins! Yesterday reminded us that no single culture owns the cosmos, nor the stories we tell beneath it. Today we ask: Who gets to discover the Universe — and how have new ways of seeing transformed what humanity knows? The conversation continues. The Universe awaits. 🧪🔭👨🏾‍🔬

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Pearl Jam @pearljam.com · 27/08/2026

30 years of No Code today and the 144 polaroids lining its art.

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🦋🇨🇦Sarrah🇨🇦🦋 @savingdemocracy101.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

But nearly 80M voted for him. Millions attend the Nazi Hate rallies year after year. This IS what America votes for.

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Calvin and Hobbes @calvin-and-hobbes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Six years old and already worried about grad school. 😅 #CalvinandHobbes #TooReal

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The Astro Society @astrosociety.org · 21/08/2026

We are thrilled to have your support as always! Plus: Dr. Tom Rice, AAS Director of Education Programs, is scheduled to moderate Plenary 4, "Why Astronomy? Imagining the Next 250 Years" on Saturday, 8/29 at 9am PT/noon ET. Excited to have him on board! 🔭

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American Astronomical Society (AAS) @aas.org · 20/08/2026

Astronomy@250 Conference 🔭 Attend virtually from anywhere in the world on 27-29 August. Three days with some of the top names in astronomy, five programming tracks & networking w/ larger space & astro community. AAS is glad to be an event sponsor! astrosociety.org/events-home/... @astrosociety.org

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Tairāwhiti Doc @tairawhitidoc.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Sunrise, Sunday, 23 August, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. I thought I’d go portrait mode today to better frame these beautiful wild freesias that have begun to bloom on the dunes. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

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Shanil Virani @shanilv.ca · 19/08/2026

One week until #Astronomy@250! Nancy Grace Roman helped build an astronomical future she would never live to see. On Thurs, Aug. 27, join us for a FREE celebration of her life, legacy, vision — and what one generation can make possible for the next. 🔭🧪👩‍🔬 🌌 5pm PT / 8pm ET 🔗 bit.ly/nancygraceroman

One week until #Astronomy@250!

Nancy Grace Roman helped build an astronomical future she would never live to see.

On Thursday, Aug. 27, join us for a FREE celebration of her life, legacy, vision — and what one generation can make possible for the next. 🔭🧪👩‍🔬

🌌 5pm PT / 8pm ET
🔗 Registration: bit.ly/nancygraceroman

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

BOSTON…😕 ✈️

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

George Carlin demonstrated that genuine control requires questioning pre-packaged choices. Cultivating critical analysis within your current projects eliminates operational illusions, empowering your team to design truly autonomous, high-impact strategies based on objective reality.

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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

It's really, really hard to remain civil these days is all I have to say.

Social media post/meme:

Stephen Colbert
Explains Why It's 'Hard
To Feel Sympathy' For
Trump Voters Right
Now

"Kinda hard to feel a lot of sympathy
for them," Colbert said. "They ordered
the turd soup, and then said, 'waiter,
there's turds in my soup.' Then they
came back four years later and asked,
'y'all still have that turd soup?'"

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Vote like your life depends on it, or the life of a friend, relative, or neighbor. Because it does. We’re the decoys now.

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The Angry Progressive @nycop2026.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

For years Democrats blamed Ralph Nader for spoiling the election in 2000, when the real villain of that time was right in front of them all these years…

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 17/08/2026

“[Gaza is] a moral question for so many voters.” Usamah Andrabi of the @justicedemocrats.com PAC tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social that standing up to Gaza's genocide represents “clear moral clarity" when deciding which candidates to support. Watch: zeteo.com/p/unbought-a...

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**°•.FAFO.•°** @fafo-ez-one.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Jon Ossoff: “It was all a lie. They made you pay more for everything and took us to war on lies and spent most of last year trying to cover up for the world’s most famous pedophile while the crook president and his crook family raked in billions”

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

New from 404 Media: we solved which AI company is buying massive shipments of rare books, scanning and destroying them to train AI. We put an Apple AirTag in a rare book, followed it. It ended up at an Amazon facility. Its logo is a dinosaur ripping through a book www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...

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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Jeff Bezos : so you're saying Elon Musk is the most hated billionaire Obsequious toady : yes my liege Jeff Bezos : we'll fuckin see about that

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The Women In Science Archive @wisarchive.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Wishing a happy 90th birthday today to living legend Margaret Hamilton! She led the team that created Apollo's guidance computer software, coined the phrase "software engineering", developed software for Skylab, and founded two computer companies of her own. #WomenInSTEM #NASA #WomensHistory

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Shanil Virani @shanilv.ca · 11/08/2026

Before a telescope carried her name, Dr. Nancy Grace Roman imagined a future in which humanity could see the Universe from space. 🧪🔭👩‍🔬 On Aug. 27, join the @astrosociety.org for a FREE, public celebration of the life & legacy of #NASA’s first Chief of Astronomy. Register: 🔗 bit.ly/nancygraceroman

Before a telescope carried her name, Nancy Grace Roman imagined a future in which humanity could see the Universe from space.

On Aug. 27, join us for a FREE celebration of the life & legacy of NASA’s first Chief of Astronomy.

Register free: bit.ly/nancygraceroman

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🇨🇦Frank🇳🇱 @frankvdb.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

FUN FACT: Barack Obama and Joe Biden never hid in a catering truck. #ChickenForceOne

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**°•.FAFO.•°** @fafo-ez-one.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

MAGA Republicans before cutting food stamps from poor children.

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**°•.FAFO.•°** @fafo-ez-one.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Erin Burnett OutFront: Doctor Jonathan Reiner is raising concerns about President Trump’s health in a scathing New York Times op-ed titled “I Was Dick Cheney’s Cardiologist. Trump Has Not Looked Well, and We Should Know Why.”

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**°•.FAFO.•°** @fafo-ez-one.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Voting Blue is our winning ticket out of this mess. Jon Ossoff is the future.

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**°•.FAFO.•°** @fafo-ez-one.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Karoline Leavitt to step down as White House press secretary at end of August

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**°•.FAFO.•°** @fafo-ez-one.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Bernie Sanders: "The irony is that the proper criticism of communism is that the Soviet Union was an authoritarian society." "And then you’ve got the most authoritarian president in the history of this country."

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Back in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 & delighted to see that my little gift of 300 eclipse glasses to my local high school went down well! Councillor Dalgleish:"Seeing a solar eclipse is a life event & could well inspire a whole new generation of astronomers for #Edinburgh” 🤞🤞🔭 www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...

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Edinburgh pupils gifted solar eclipse viewing glasses on return to school

Pupils at Portobello High School were given the chance to view the historic moment safely

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I proudly endorse this message from my grandparents ❤️

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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 12/08/2026

Donald Trump is building an American secret police. Killings at the hands of ICE agents confirm that we’re not teetering on a slippery slope, but plunging down a vertical drop. There is a silver lining: Many Americans are standing up. If you’re one of them, thank you, and keep going.

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ICE Age

America’s Secret Police

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