iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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heathcliff, but frog @hopcliff.heathcliff.cat · 09/10/2026

welcome to Hooter. would you like to see The Boob(tm)?

a neon HOOTERS sign but the s is burnt out so it just says HOOTER

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Sam Kimbrel @skimbrel.northsky.social · 11h

blessed that my partner does not mind sitting apart for short flights, at least

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Sam Kimbrel @skimbrel.northsky.social · 11h

i mean, i suppose you could be traveling with someone on a separate PNR and therefore not-upgraded, but…

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Californians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 10/10/2026

Ballots are out, and election day (November 3rd) is coming soon! There are a number of ballot measures this year that affect our ability to consistently and sensibly fund transit capital and operations, so we created a statewide voter guide. calelectricrail.org/2026-califor...

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2026 Californians for Electric Rail Voter Guide – Californians for Electric Rail

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Sam Kimbrel @skimbrel.northsky.social · 15h

this is on top of the fact that the AV and VC lines have hourly frequency *at best* (and the VC line only achieves this by codesharing on the Surfliner) utterly abhorrent that Metrolink wants to reduce service *further* from this.

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Sam Kimbrel @skimbrel.northsky.social · 15h

just got an email from metrolink advertising new shuttles for the new Burbank airport terminal and it's… sad the shuttle for the Airport North station is *on-demand* — you have to call and request it.

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Sam Kimbrel @skimbrel.northsky.social · 18h

next, seattle. particularly proud of the shot from underneath aurora bridge — i was just out for a walk and discovered that the light does this amazing thing to the bridge structure at golden hour

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Sam Kimbrel @skimbrel.northsky.social · 18h

it's "sam actually finished processing some photos" day! to start, some trains at LA's union station

A platform at LA Union Station with a large Metrolink train waiting alongside.

The switchyard at LA Union Station, with a Metrolink locomotive looming in the right side of the frame while a Metro LRV approaches on an elevated track in the background.

The switchyard at the entrance to LA's Union Station. Many platform tracks converge into the main lines, where an Amtrak Surfliner train is pulling into the station; an elevated line for the LA Metro is on the left side with LRVs approaching as well.

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Sam Kimbrel @skimbrel.northsky.social · 18h

tried a recipe from an instagram post and it turns out that mapo tofu lasagna is absolutely fucking delicious

A tray of lasagna with perfect crispy edges and lots of melty cheese on top

The same lasagna, sliced and plated with chili oil and scallions on top, with sides of garlic bread, gai lan, and spicy smashed cucumbers

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 12/10/2026

I highly appreciate this directed graph showing which language is used to indicate incomprehensibility in different languages (eg, “it’s Greek to me”)

Directed graph showing how speakers of different languages refer to things they do not understand by invoking a different language

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 11/10/2026

Hi, I’m a sighted alt text user! Here are some reasons I use it: - Slow Internet on an airplane - I’m over 40, I have no idea who that celebrity is - Bluesky broke images again - My vision sucks and that text is too small to read otherwise - Conveys further context and authorial intent

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Sam Kimbrel @skimbrel.northsky.social · 12/10/2026

every time i go to flight school for a lesson i see the poster on the wall commemorating an instructor who died in an accident, so i’m just starting to feel how real this is. i’m so sorry for your loss 💔

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ACARS Drama @acarsdrama.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Air to Ground Message: IF A TACAN IS OUT OF SVC, DOES THAT MEAN ITS A TACANT Area: Los Angeles, CA, USA Type: Embraer 175 (Enhanced Wing) A: #a4b9fe3a07e F: #f5c55fadc73

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/10/2026

If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me.

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 08/10/2026

Musk has spent a decade saying lidar is "a crutch," while relying on a much bigger "crutch" in the form of human supervision, so now his engineers have to wallow around in the toxic fallout of their boss's cognitive meltdown here's a thread covering how that's going:

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Sam Kimbrel @skimbrel.northsky.social · 08/10/2026

"advertising" + "editorial" but yeah, exactly that. usually comes in the form of "here's a real problem that programmers need to solve and here's why Poob is the best way to solve it!"

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Sam Kimbrel @skimbrel.northsky.social · 08/10/2026

one of the things we very much stick to in North Bay Python talk selection is "no advertorials; the sponsor packages are over that way" and … there's always a bunch of submissions that get immediately bounced for this but it did feel like it went up in the last year or two

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Nanoraptor @nanoraptor.danamania.com · 04/10/2026

A picture of a beige PC era screen with speakers and keyboard to suit, and the text "It's now preferable to turn off your computer"

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Sam Kimbrel @skimbrel.northsky.social · 04/10/2026

i’m almost done reading Katie’s first book. it’s been an absolute delight — she writes with such joy, so it’s a joy to read — and i am very excited for the next one!

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 02/10/2026

They have erased the history of the tech industry and tech innovation so that their workers don’t ask what happened to prior generations of innovators and innovations. It’s a very intentional strategy.

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Sam Kimbrel @skimbrel.northsky.social · 02/10/2026

wtf, were you hiding in my bathroom this morning? how did you read my thoughts

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Sam Kimbrel @skimbrel.northsky.social · 02/10/2026

getting a “well done” on a stall recovery from a guy who’s spent half his career training airline pilots felt real great (even if he did add a “pretty easy, isn’t it?” after… it isn’t *that* easy!)

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Sam Kimbrel @skimbrel.northsky.social · 02/10/2026

conclusions: - god *damn* those are some heavy controls - i could absolutely do this for real (with more training, obviously) and *would* do so in a heartbeat if only the FAA would get their heads out of their asses concerning certain aeromedical factors

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Sam Kimbrel @skimbrel.northsky.social · 02/10/2026

this week’s adventure: up to seattle to spend some time in a full-motion 737 simulator courtesy of alaska airlines’ loyalty program

The cockpit of a Boeing 737 simulator. Sam is sitting in the pilot’s seat, seen from behind so just the top of their head is visible. Mount Rainier is prominently shown in the simulated view out the windows.

Sam and a flight instructor in the pilot’s and copilot’s seats of a 737 simulator. A runway is visible on the simulator’s window displays.

Sam standing in front of a full-motion flight simulator cab

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Thoth @thoth.ptnote.dev · 20/09/2026

meta Muse perfec t size for put private d\ata in! inside very Secure and Private data very safe put data in Muse. No problems ever in Muse because very trustworthy and Mark super protective. AMeta muse yes a place for data put data in muse trust meta for givening good safety to data. Friend meta.

An image of a pelican with its gigantic mouth open, commonly associated with the "put baby in pelican mouth" post.

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Sam Kimbrel @skimbrel.northsky.social · 29/09/2026

i read this and Karmacoma immediately started playing in my head so i guess it's time to listen to the whole Protection album again ❤️

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Phildini, since young times @phildini.net · 29/09/2026

California has spent over $400 million in settlements for Law Enforcement misconduct since 2010. I know because I built a site to track it: captainacab.com We're updating every week, and slowly expanding across the country. (boosts welcome)

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Captain ACAB -- CA settlements from law enforcement.

Tracking the hidden costs of law enforcement in the United States. $1,563,000.00 in CA settlements and counting.

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dawn of the debb @debbshock.com · 27/09/2026

every damn day

a parrot has managed to wind a roll of toilet paper around himself captioned (((PREDICAMENT)))

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Sam Kimbrel @skimbrel.northsky.social · 26/09/2026

spent an hour catching up on what we're gonna be voting on here in six weeks and it's like California's Worst Hits

"Now That's What I Call Music" cover meme reading "Now That's What I Call A Shitty Ballot Measure"

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Sam Kimbrel @skimbrel.northsky.social · 26/09/2026

i also had this realization and i would like to know what the return policy on realizations is

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Sam Kimbrel @skimbrel.northsky.social · 25/09/2026

aaaand we have found today’s Main Character, here with a spectacularly bad take

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 25/09/2026

How did I miss that it's FAT BEAR WEEK? weather.com/2026/09/25/s...

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Sam Kimbrel @skimbrel.northsky.social · 25/09/2026

i'm still not over there actually being a show called PEN15, wtf

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Bastard Toadflax @plumicorns.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

One-issue calendar reform voter. A 13-month year just makes more sense

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Sam Kimbrel @skimbrel.northsky.social · 25/09/2026

trying to log in to at&t so i can troubleshoot why i'm not receiving sms 2fa codes, and of course it prompts me for an sms 2fa code i love a good catch-22 but not like this

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Cadence “Not A Coffee Civet” Andrysiak @supportourpoops.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

the concept of a disaster lesbian implies the existence of a FEMA lesbian

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Sam Kimbrel @skimbrel.northsky.social · 23/09/2026

the very definition of Become Ungovernable; i salute you

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Sam Kimbrel @skimbrel.northsky.social · 23/09/2026