iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by werm

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 10/06/2026

BREAKING: 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony is sentenced to 35 years in prison hours after his murder conviction in the 2025 stabbing death of a fellow Texas high schooler.

nbcnews.com

Karmelo Anthony sentenced to 35 years after murder conviction in Texas high school stabbing

Austin Metcalf was fatally stabbed in April 2025 during a districtwide track meet in Frisco, a Dallas suburb.

5524757

werm @shermywerm.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

the timing and parallels between what's going on in Belfast and what's happened with that kid in Texas is kind of scary. I keep seeing musk mentioned in both stories and I dunno

100

Reposted by werm

Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

PSNI actually knew about that long list of targets for almost a year but refused to investigate. Many reports had been made by the Accountability Project NI with no response. As we turned into 2026, the group already reported an escalation including in referring to ethnic minorities as “animals”

theguardian.com

Police were warned for months about addresses targeted in Belfast riots

Exclusive: PSNI repeatedly warned by monitoring group for eight months after a so-called hitlist of addresses began circulating in far-right networks

11410

Reposted by werm

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Oliver Darcy got the audio of the heated 60 Minutes meeting where Scott Pelley dressed Nick Bilton down! "You know what was rude? Black Thursday. That was the absolute definition of rudeness. Telling Tanya Simon she had to be out of here at five o'clock." www.status.news/p/scott-pell...

"Bari loves this institution," Bilton told staffers at one point during the highly contentious meeting. "She loves '60 Minutes.'"

"She's murdering '60 Minutes,'" Pelley countered. "She does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it—and she's doing exactly that."

This story is based on audio of the meeting obtained by Status. A CBS News spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment, but Pelley's stunning series of remarks left staffers on the newsmagazine wondering if he will resign.

In the meeting, Pelley pointed out that Weiss has "no qualifications for her job" and told Bilton "you have slender qualifications for this job." Pelley, the former anchor of "CBS Evening News," noted that the changes Weiss has made to that program "have been catastrophic."

"So why should we expect any of this is going to be any better?" Pelley asked Bilton.

Bilton tried to move the meeting along, but Pelley pressed on, challenging the new executive producer’s references in interviews to “60 Minutes” creator Don Hewitt’s vision for the program as he outlined his plans.

"I have another question," the veteran journalist said. "Did you at any point work with Don Hewitt, telling everybody about what Don Hewitt thought, and what his inspiration was? I worked for Don Hewitt from 1999 to 2004 and Lesley Stahl probably worked with him for 30 years. Just wondering how you have such deep insight?"

Bilton replied that he was simply quoting Hewitt’s own words from past interviews and asked Pelley whether he had any other questions. Pelley said that he did.

"I have many questions," Pelley responded. "What was wrong with Sharyn Alfonsi?"

As Bilton started to say he would "defer," Pelley interrupted: "This is not the crowd to dodge."

Bilton insisted he was not dodging.

"Nobody talked to you about that?" Pelley continued, pressing him on the firing. "They're taking one of your correspondents away and nobody mentioned to you what was wrong with Sharyn?"

Bilton acknowledged that he "had conversations with people."

"And what came out of those conversations?" Pelley asked. "They are private conversations?"

Bilton reiterated that he "did not fire" Alfonsi or Vega. Pelley pointed out that Bilton had nonetheless discussed the matter with others. Charles Forelle, a top Weiss deputy and managing editor of CBS News, interjected, telling Pelley that he was being "rude."

"This is not actually productive," Forelle said. "This is not an interview."

"It's working for me," Pelley replied.

"Anybody came into our house—this is '60 Minutes,'" Pelley added. "I guess you wandered in expecting to read a statement off?"

Pelley then asked Bilton "what was wrong with" Draggan Mihailovich, the executive editor of "60 Minutes" who was fired on Thursday.

Bilton again said that he did not fire Mihailovich. Forelle one more told Pelley that he was being "rude."

Pelley did not let up, however. The veteran newsman told Bilton and Forelle that the way management handled the firings was "cruel." Forelle—yet again—responded by calling Pelley "rude."

"I'm not being rude," Pelley shot back. "I have some pretty—you know what was rude? Black Thursday. That was the absolute definition of rudeness. Telling Tanya Simon she had to be out of here at five o'clock. Sending Draggan Mihailovich to HR to get fired, because nobody could look him in the eye. Not talking about Tanya's contract. Not talking about Sharyn Alfonsi's contract. Not talking about Cecilia Vega's contract. Just calling them up and telling they were fired. That's rude. This is a conversation. That is rude, and you were part of that."

283105932607

werm @shermywerm.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

heya! check out my #art account!

040

Reposted by werm

MORGUES @mxmorgan.com · 31/05/2026

2026 - 2025 - 2024 - 2023 in spite of it all, happy 2026 pride. you can download current and past hi-res versions of these over at my ko-fi (ok to print for personal use): ko-fi.com/mxmorgan/sho... you can also snag shirts here which go to various orgs: mxmorgan.threadless.com/collections/...

three dancing coyotes colored light blue, light pink, and white with text in the trans flag colors that reads "there is a future with you in it"

a white tiger with pink and blue stripes, holding a banner in its jaw that reads "no law can stop our existence"

a wolf billowing flames in trans flag colors. text below the wolf reads "i will not apologize for my nature."

a trans flag color banded snake shedding its skin under roses. text below reads "remake yourself"

11598879

Reposted by werm

jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 27/05/2026

Wikimedia Foundation just fired a long time lead developer of MediaWiki as well as its entire community team for unionizing. If you’re a donor, email donate@wikimedia.org to protest this move. medium.com/@jakeorlowit...

medium.com

Big Tech’s Anti-Labor Playbook Has Come for Wikipedia

TLDR: In ten days last month, the Wikimedia Foundation fired the longtime lead developer of MediaWiki and disbanded the team whose entire…

3824661974

Reposted by werm

Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Deeply ugly rhetoric. Democrats are completely unable to resist pivoting directly into eugenicism when trans people are involved.

"I know there are two sexes, men and women," Mr. Talarico said. "I also know there is a very small percentage of people who have these chromosomal abnormalities, and I believe they deserve to be treated with dignity and respect."

981785356

Reposted by werm

Freedom to Read Project @freedomreadproject.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

What happens when publishers begin avoiding LGBTQ+ stories before a book is ever challenged? This article explores how years of censorship efforts are creating a chilling effect across the publishing industry, making it harder for queer voices & stories to reach readers bookriot.com/queer-books-...

bookriot.com

Queer Books and Authors are at a Breaking Point

Authors, agents, publishers: every part of the industry is seeing the strain of five years of escalating anti-LGBTQ censorship.

3387232

Reposted by werm

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 28/05/2026

What's happening at Delaney Hall should be major news with 24/7 coverage. People have been linking arms and protesting for 6 days straight. Don't let the regime bury this story. ALL EYES ON DELANEY.

272076974

Reposted by werm

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 29/05/2026

This is real. www.whitehouse.gov/aliens/

2402941865

Reposted by werm

Jhonen V @jhnenvee.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

This is my latest fascination. Everything about it. It’s also become my new thing to say instead of the risible ‘it is what it is.’ “Forget it, Jake. It’s potato.”

18546113

Reposted by werm

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Cecilia Vega, the first 60 Minutes Latina correspondent, was fired today, along with some of her colleagues, as Bari Weiss overhauls the news magazine. She has released this statement:

471763510

Reposted by werm

Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/05/2026

As a swamp trash girl myself, seconded.

3589

Reposted by werm

talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

90% of those held at Delaney Hall have no criminal history. People detained at Delaney Hall were being paid $1/day to work — then the facility suspended that pay while keeping up demand for the work. Trump’s mass deportation machine is not about crime reduction. It is about prison labor camps.

301993710

Reposted by werm

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Also: Anyone who thinks AI is "seductive as hell" has never actually been seduced. Sorry to this man.

525318

Reposted by werm

Thomas Brackett “Czar” Reed @czarreed.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Trans people are people. Peoples’ rights and dignity are not negotiable. No compromise on rights. No waiting. No, “we can’t do it yet.” Dems, read and re-read.

0264

Reposted by werm

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 26/05/2026

NEW: A likely hate crime in Chicago left a prominent trans science educator, @jeymccreight.bsky.social with severe injuries after a brutal late night beating. McCreight told @evanurquhart.bsky.social he's shaken but determined to continue his activism. CPD confirmed an ongoing investigation.

assignedmedia.org

Chicago Trans Man Beaten in Possible Hate Crime - Assigned Media

Jey McCreight had recently launched a trans science education initiative. They are recovering from trauma and severe facial injuries.

13839328

Reposted by werm

Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

For the love of God, stop arguing with transphobes who pretend to be ‘just asking questions’. They are not v bright, but are still outwitting you when you argue with them. They have a whole dishonest spiel worked out & you are giving them a platform to promote it. So STOP! Hide, block & report*

519032

Reposted by werm

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community.

726250309964

Reposted by werm

Colorado Socialist ☭🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @leftwardswing.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

8 Democrats voted YES with Republicans to harm trans kids. They are 👇🏽 ❌ Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) ❌ Henry Cuellar (D-TX) ❌ Don Davis (D-NC) ❌ Cleo Fields (D-LA) ❌ Laura Gillen (D-NY) ❌ Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) ❌ Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) ❌ Eugene Vindman (D-VA) #BadDems #trans

12818

Reposted by werm

🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

this was HR 2616 which also bans books by or about trans and nonbinary people from schools START CALLING YOUR SENATORS NOW CIS FRIENDS TRANS KIDS NEED YOU

2066354918

Reposted by werm

Diana Chan @thingsbydiana.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Don't lose your head 🌈✨

1336141036

Reposted by werm

❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Lol, it sure seems prosecutors mis-stated the law to the grand jury, then tried to redact GJ transcripts to conceal this from the judge, then tried to voluntarily dismiss charges to moot the issue and keep the judge out of it, and got caught and now the whole case is dismissed with prejudice. Oops.

12716142

Reposted by werm

🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

CIS PEOPLE TIME TO STEP UP it’s once again time to yell at our bad government via online comment form the FCC is trying to make trans and nonbinary content require special ratings on shows GLAAD has a good writeup on it below TELL ‘EM NO direct link to comment form: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...

glaad.org

Tell the FCC that LGBTQ Stories Don’t Need a Warning Label | GLAAD

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is targeting LGBTQ stories. They are trying to control what you see on television. This government overreach is dangerous...

11557995003

Reposted by werm

USER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST @blockedforthispost.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

ME TOO EXCEPT I’M USUALLY SQUATTING TO TAKE A SHIT

1434581

Reposted by werm

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

The U.S. government requires visa applicants to make all of their social media accounts fully public or risk being denied entry. This is straight out of 1984. Your right to privacy doesn’t just disappear at the border for millions of people, it disappears before they ever set foot here.

55649802357

Reposted by werm

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

In 2017, Criselda Vasquez painted this portrait of her parents and titled it "The New American Gothic." Last month, her father, the man in this portrait, was abducted by ICE after being in the US for 30+ years. The family is now struggling with bills. A GoFundMe has been started: gofund.me/456d8a193

A painting of a man and a woman standing in front of a red Chevrolet truck. The man is holding a hoe; the woman is holding a bucket with house cleaning supplies.

The artist's two parents stand proudly in front of the painting.

49100614919

Reposted by werm

Skeletired @skeletired.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I like it when you stop your car at night on a gravel road and open the window and hear nothing but frogs. Frogs.

71167

Reposted by werm

🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This is a feel good image for me. These two adorable young Australian superb fairywren staying close to each other.

17097331569

Reposted by werm

Marburymoths @marburybirds.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Some time out of their busy day for a bit of bonding just now 🥰

1748

Reposted by werm

onion person @junlper.beer · 19/04/2026

palantir should be viewed as the enemy of modern society

10888111535

Reposted by werm

c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

These handsome devils with their fancy crowns appear to be Charaxes sempronius, the Tailed Emperor butterfly. They're native to Australia where they feed on kurrajong or bottletree shrub leaves. They're also famous for getting drunk & fighting on hilltops. Let's talk about these tiny dragons.

672942599

Reposted by werm

saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

“The Who” Juvenile Screech Owls/Mason, TX #BirdOfTheDay #Juveniles

81555157