iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 30/09/2026

I really do think tech crossed a line at some point between "helping you do the things you want to do" on the one hand, and "helping you do the things tech wants you to do" on the other. At this point, we're all contorting ourselves to live how the tech industry thinks we should be living.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I do hope that Hollywood realizes that the popularity of Heated Rivalry was not because of the hockey but because of the romance and they can make wildly successful romance stories that aren’t specifically tied to hockey cause right now it feels like they’re missing the point LOL

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Adrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Much of our sitting government is in office because it ignored rape or committed rape. At times, it seems like a job requirement. Much of our media has learned to ask evidentiary standards of survivors that they’d never hold a powerful man to.

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So tired of this endless bullshit... I was 11. He was my father. I have had much therapy, but there are still issues with white hot murderous rage and shame exacerbated by living in a society that continues to protect and venerate such pathetic men.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/09/2026

To the people complaining these sex abuse cases have created a world where men now have to think 10 times before they touch a woman. Yes, that's the point. It's called consent. Welcome to human decency.

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I have now officially attended my first in person Heated Rivalry fan meetup and I have threads and discord to thank for that. It’s so interesting but not surprising to observe how my three major fandom experiences have all been tied to vastly different social media channels.

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Still having way too much fun on threads. The algorithm over there has me figured out!

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I have been on threads less than 24 hours and in that time I have been greeted by a ton of Loons, rec'ed a fic, acquired 130+ followers, joined a DMV HR discord and WhatsApp group, and a Baltimore HR threads group, and began planning a local meetup at my bookstore for two weeks from now!

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A colleague and I were observing how easily AI has replaced DEI on university initiatives, centers, grant applications, and mission statements.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The fallacy that University leaders pushing AI are falling into is thinking that the point of undergraduate research is to find things out. It isn't. What students find out is typically already generally known. The point of undergraduate research is to learn how to find things out.

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Research Podcasts @researchpodcasts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Only one week until our Introduction to Podcasting for Researchers workshop. If you've been thinking about launching a podcast, improving your research communications or exploring new ways to engage audiences, now is the perfect time to get started.

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Today was a good day to be stuck at the airport due to flight delays - 4 Heated Rivalry fanfics I am subscribed to on AO3 updated in the past 24 hours!

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Standing in line at security for my flight out of BWI when I saw signs offering $1000 to families that “self-deport” with advice on how to do so. I feel sick with sadness.

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Darkrose @darkrose.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Writing fanfiction is real writing and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. It doesn’t have to be “practice” or serious business, and there’s no upper age limit on it. If smashing blorbos together brings you joy, that’s the only reason you need.

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

At the poetry night at Backwater Books in Ellicott City, Maryland (USA) tonight. One poet began simply but to great applause: "Gulf of Mexico, Kennedy Center, and Lake Ontario"

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I accidentally typed AI toys instead of AI tools, and I anticipate I'm going to be making this mistake a lot now...

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I have now received an Anthropic Copyright settlement notice to review my claim. I don't think I am in a position to dispute anything, and receiving this was satisfying on a certain level. I still, however, have no plans to give Anthropic any of my own money ever to use any of its AI tools.

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Note to self: Marathon training is a stressor on the body and is always going to feel even harder when stress ramps up elsewhere too, like right before international travel at the beginning of a new academic year when all hell is breaking lose.

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

As a university professor, I find it fun and endearing to read university AU fanfic. It reminds me of my student days and makes university seem like a fun glamorous place (full of dramatic romance) and not just a place of work and stress.

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I am jealous of all the Heated Rivalry fans in Boston tonight!

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The extra worry I have on behalf of my international PhD students right now 😢

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

One small glimmer of happiness I am enjoying is how much the fun of Heated Rivalry has so easily replaced the bitter disappointment I feel around Harry Potter.

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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 30/08/2026

Why young people hate AI even more?

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Listening to a tribute to Dolly Parton on NPR. What an inspiring person. I figure I have 27 more years ahead of me to become more like Dolly. That’s a good chunk of time 😊

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Tonight’s “teaching L2 reading and writing” class expressed strong mistrust of AI for educational practices. This is probably the most AI skeptical class I have taught, and it includes students who have taken AI-focused courses in their undergraduate studies.

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The amount of working artists I've spoken to who are losing or have lost the ability to make a viable career out of it due largely to people's use of genAI instead of hiring artists is genuinely so upsetting. We won't know what we've lost until it's gone.

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Seeing a scholar who has previously professed gender critical sentiments all over my feed right now because of prominent work they are doing around literacy is giving me a knot in my stomach.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026

[Exit Queen.]

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

When I was a student, international students became some of my closest friends, a few became partners, and many more were integral in shaping my learning and view of the world. Many are still a part of my life! This is a devastating loss for current US universities and domestic students.

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Okay, I laughed too soon. I too am now grieving the loss of Connor’s curls. 😓

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Jane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

UChicago core social science classes go AI-free: “'we first equip students to read, write, and think without dependence on AI, just as we equip students to read, write, and think beyond the bounds of conventional views or leading ideologies,' the memo reads." chicagomaroon.com/53262/news/s...

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Sosc Core to Institute AI Ban, Technology-Free Classrooms This Fall

All social science Core classes will transition to an “analog” approach for the upcoming academic year, restricting in-classroom technology use and banning AI-assisted writing and grading for students...

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I'm sort of enjoying the fandom's collective grief over the loss of Connor's curls. There is less for Shane to yank on now, which is a little sad, but I'm exited for how this change translates in the visual storytelling of The Long Game.

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Interesting thread. To absolutely no one’s surprise, Jeffrey Epstein’s good buddy Stephen Pinker has signed, and the letter is being promoted by a prominent member of the anti-trans contingent. Gross, but birds of a feather and all that …

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Matt Blair @mjmbca.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I really can’t get over what a rookie mistake it is to look the Government of Canada in the eye and say “We’re gonna need you to piss off Quebec.”

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Last weekend at the NY Ren Faire, one of the acts made a joke about the Harry Potter author torching her own reputation to much laughter and applause. I wonder if this is a sign that it’s not just the terminally online who recognize that she’s gone off the deep end.

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Reading fanfic for a Canadian show/book that includes events in Montreal means I encounter things that set off a dormant childhood memory. And now I am lost in the past.

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Big tech is the 21st century version of big tobacco.

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Dave @dmalinowski.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Love this for #AcademicSky #EducationSky! Open Rank Faculty Position at Stanford Graduate School of Education: **Social Sciences/Humanities of Education in a Rapidly Changing World** "We seek applicants attempting to understand the role of education amidst [...] societal transformations"

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I love when a popular author uses their wealth and influence in support of literacy and libraries instead of bigotry and harassment. 🏒 🌈 📚

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Stoo Metz 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @stoometz.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Rachel Reid, who wrote the popular “Heated Rivalry” novel, has donated $300k to Annapolis Valley Regional Library, “one of the most significant private gifts” in their history. “I credit my local library for being a huge part of the reason I’m a published author today,” Reid said #Halifax #HaliSky

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‘Heated Rivalry’ author donates $300,000 to Nova Scotia libraries

Several Nova Scotia libraries that faced possible closures this summer are getting a major cash boost from one of the province’s most famous authors.

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Physically I’m at the NY Ren Faire, but mentally I’m at the cottage.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Canadian Tire has now announced that 100% of the Canadian Tire Corp. net proceeds from every reusable bag sold since August 1 will be donated to Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities, a foundation dedicated to removing the financial, systemic, #HeatedRivalry /1 thread exclaim.ca/film/article...

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Canadian Tire Bags Are So Chic (and Charitable) Right Now, Thanks to Hudson Williams │ Exclaim!

Proceeds from the reusable totes the 'Heated Rivalry' star was spotted carrying while filming will now benefit Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I have to admit, I secretly want a Canadian Birkin too 🏒 🌈 🇨🇦

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I’m so enjoying the Heated Rivalry fandom losing its collective mind every time a new casting announcement drops. I’m really hoping one of the days that there’s a casting announcements for Anja 🥹 🐶

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I sent off my corrected proofs and index to my publisher this week. Looking at those professionally typeset pages made me scared and proud at the same time. 📚

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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

New book! "Virtual Exchange as Justice-Oriented Practices: Navigating Identity, Language and Power" edited by Ching-Ching Lin, Clara Vaz Bauler and Ersweetcel C. Servano is out now! Get your copy on our website ⬇️

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Update. Current calculations are now 4.5 million words of fanfiction. This is going to slow way down very soon once the new academic year begins and I will instead be reading many more words of other less interesting types of texts. 🙄

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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I have spent who knows how many hours reading updates and viewing clips from a show about queer hockey players in love. AI was not involved in any way. Meanwhile there are supposedly people who cannot function without AI. Who are these people and what are they doing with their lives?!

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