iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

like an episode two red herring in slow horses

the "incident" where a couple of guys were just standing around a van with a few cans of gasoline until one panicked and called the cops on himself.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1h

Surely a large part of this is the shift to remote work? My organization, for example, switched to a fully remote office in 2020 and never went back, so now I spend most days at home.

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cassidy @smittyroo.bsky.social · 1h

aaron rodgers tried to break this man but he emerged stronger than ever

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JP Acosta @acosta32jp.bsky.social · 2h

ITS HAPPENING

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...

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cassidy @smittyroo.bsky.social · 3h

everyone loves the baseball pope, the pope who loves baseball (5 seconds later)

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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 4h

The guy who proclaimed the Iowa Hawkeyes are the Atlanta Hawks also said a month ago that anyone who thinks Michigan fans say "beat Ohio" doesn't know ball. The absolute goat in the crowded "Republicans don't know ball" marketplace. Yes he voted for his govt to control college sports, why do you ask

The Hawks/Hawkeyes guy accusing libs a month ago of not knowing ball

Eric Schmitt
@Eric_Schmitt
“Beat Ohio?”

Tell me you don’t know ball with saying you don’t know ball.

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cassidy @smittyroo.bsky.social · 4h

PSA: maybe don't use opioids as an example of something that was well-regulated

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Dolphin Pilot @theamitie.bsky.social · 4h

Nepo baby won fat bear week 🙄

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 5h

And who knows the private healthcare industry better that Rick Scott, former CEO of Columbia/HCA? www.justice.gov/archive/opa/...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CRM/CIV
THURSDAY, DECEMBER14, 2000
(202) 514-2007
WWW.USDOJ.GOV
TDD (202) 514-1888
HCA - THE HEALTH CARE COMPANY & SUBSIDIARIES
IO PAY $840 MILLION IN CRIMINAL FINES AND CIVIL DAMAGES AND PENALTIES
Largest Government Fraud Settlement in U.S. History
WASHINGTON, D.C. - HCA-The Healthcare Company (formerly known as Columbia-HCA), the largest for-profit hospital chain in the United States, has agreed to plead guilty to criminal conduct and pay more than $840 million in criminal fines, civil penalties and damages for alleged unlawful billing practices,
Attorney General Janet Reno announced today.
Today's agreement is the largest government fraud settlement ever reached by the Justice Department.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 20h

Nowhere in the Trump account legislation does it allow auto-enrollment or say anything about enrollment procedures at all, just so you know the way that John Roberts will justify his 6-3 decision blocking auto-enrollment of kids into Medicare

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WanderingDM @wanderingdm.bsky.social · 22h

Good on them! But their last paragraph also highlights a problem we have arrived at: people (some) can't differentiate between LLMs/GenAI and npc AI or procgen in a game. I'm seeing it more and more online. Words matter and this is just another thing these mfers have tainted with their grift.

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Bob Herman @bobjherman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Health insurers and employers are dialing back coverage of GLP-1s for weight loss due to the drugs' high prices and usage. Now, Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk are marketing the drugs more to "customers" than to payers. Great read from @elaineywchen.bsky.social: www.statnews.com/2026/09/28/g...

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Once described as obesity medicines for 'patients,' GLP-1s are increasingly lifestyle drugs for 'customers'

Blockbuster GLP-1 drugs have transformed the lives of millions of people. Lately, they’re undergoing a makeover of their own.

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victoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 29/09/2026

he look like he was at the battle of naboo

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cassidy @smittyroo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

diesel is $7 a gallon and our brave senate has turned to the most pressing issue in america: putting college athletes back in their place so their donors can feel important in their booster clubs again

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i agree with the key point here and will add to it that there IS a reward, it’s knowing you did one right thing instead of walking around plagued by the nameless shame that afflicts all men who are determined to live the most frictionless lives possible

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Chrononaut @chrononaut.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tired: subprime mortgage crisis Wired: subprime data center crisis

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cassidy @smittyroo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

blissfully picturing an insurance agent reviewing nvidia's financials where they receive large sums of money for their chips from neoclouds because nvidia gave them large sums of money to pay nvidia for nvidia chips

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

To put it another way, you can’t just tell your sons they need to take accountability—you need to hold them accountable. Start with small stuff. Don’t shield them for the consequences of their actions. Walk them through the process of doing the wrong thing and turning it into the right thing.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

1. Jay Feely, a former NFL kicker and a GOP candidate for Congress in Arizona, has made “protecting women’s sports” a centerpiece of his election campaign. So I reviewed years of Feely’s podcast appearances to see what he actually thinks about female athletes. 🧵

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cassidy @smittyroo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

one pillar of hannah arendt's theory on how facism and totalitarianism develop is an increase of these "superfluous men"

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026

I regret to inform you all that Bernie Sanders is in fact taking meetings with noted rationalist wacko Eliezer Yudkowsky over what AI regulations should look like. x.com/SenSanders/s...

Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders
Will Al become smarter than humans?
If so, is humanity in danger?
I went to Silicon Valley to ask some of the leading Al experts that question.
Here's what they had to say:
ERNIE ANDERS
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The Als are much, much, much more powerful.
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My thanks to Senator Sanders; as to other legislators on all sides of any political aisle, and to any human being on Earth who now stands

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cassidy @smittyroo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

trending topics on the app for 40 year olds: 1) I'm not out of touch with pop culture 2) My back hurts

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WIRED @wired.com · 26/09/2026

Maddie Kowalski is one of countless young women who’ve had their lives destroyed by the burnerverse, a loosely connected online community of sports fans. Now she’s fighting back.

buff.ly

A College Girl Was Exploited on Camera. A Network of Anonymous Men Got to Work

Maddie Kowalski is one of countless young women who’ve had their lives destroyed by the burnerverse, a loosely connected online community of sports fans. Now she’s fighting back.

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anti-leaf blower account @eboldy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

anyone else getting a fuck ton of spam political survey texts lately

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bijan @bijan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

i think about this post all the time. you might too

Snooby
@DoBiddley1
I am paid a very high salary to design new ways to hurt innocent people. Please don't hurt me. I want to live. My job is to hurt your children. Please, don't do anything to me. I want to be safe. My job is to make your family sick. I want to live. Please, I deserve to live. Pleas
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Beth Andres-Beck @beth4ma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Massachusetts has a very long ballot this November. The last one, question 9, is especially weird. For that is for that one, and only that one, we have to vote “yes” to keep things the way they are.

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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

MA has 9 statewide ballot questions this year. Be an informed voter! #mapoli www.progressivemass.com/2026ballot/

This November, Massachusetts will see *9* statewide ballot questions, a historic number. But we’ve got you covered.

✅VOTE YES ON 1 to expand the public records law to cover the Governor and the Legislature. We’re the only state in the country that doesn’t do that already. Let the sunlight in.

✅VOTE YES ON 2 to enable public defenders to collectively bargain. Every worker deserves to have a union, and public defenders, who are often overworked and underpaid, should be no exception.

❌VOTE NO ON 3 to prevent private equity billionaires from rigging our election system in their favor. Top-two primaries empower corporate PACs and self-funders, disadvantage grassroots candidates, and turn MAGA voters into election kingmakers.

✅VOTE YES ON 4 to enable voters to register to vote or update their registration on Election Day. No eligible voter should be turned away due to a clerical error, and this reform is one of the most proven ways to increase voter turnout.

❌VOTE NO ON 5 to protect our state’s ability to invest in health care, transportation, and public education. The rich would get millions in tax rebates, while the rest of us suffer from underfunded public services.

⚪VOTE how you want on 6. Question 6 fell shy of our endorsement threshold: our members valued land and water conservation, but were worried about the dedication of existing funds as opposed to new ones.

✅VOTE YES on 7 to enable more starter homes across the Commonwealth. We have a housing crisis, and large lot size requirements mean fewer homes are able to be built.

❌VOTE NO on 8 to protect our state’s cannabis laws. We said NO to the war on drugs back in 2016, and we shouldn’t turn back time and destroy local economies.

✅VOTE YES ON 9 to protect our state’s landmark gun safety law, which cracked down on ghost guns, banned machine gun conversion devices, and strengthened gun violence data collection.

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cassidy @smittyroo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

oh i see the greenfield bar with the slightly looser strict mass policy except of course for when you are drinking a drink at the bar broke local containment

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Rob @robertferry.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It turns out we could have implemented a ~$450 per ton carbon tax all this time without a populist backlash. It’s just that it would have had to come under the policy guidance of a right wing administration being consulted by the Heritage foundation.

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cassidy @smittyroo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

proudly introducing our Regulate AI Because What They're Doing Is Illegal Under Our Current Laws Act

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

show us the three existing applicable regulations or penalties you’ve enforced before you propose a new solution challenge:

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Frances Meh @francesmeh.reviews · 21/09/2026

upgrade to premium for an ad-free experience, now with ads

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Catbus @catbus.phd · 21/09/2026

Monsieur Noir in the Yellow Room (2026) Elena Polishchuk

seated black cat observing a large fishbowl of goldfish against a bright yellow background

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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

FROM: Secretary of War SUBJECT: New Screening Protocol For All Active Duty Military Personnel, Effective Immediately - No hair on the shaft or balls - Remaining hair must be trimmed to a maximum 1/4" length - When hard, must have a steady and persistent throb - At least one visible vein

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cassidy @smittyroo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

(watches the chargers game for 22 minutes) the nfl needs a relegation league

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

questionable to return (balls and butt and taint)

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 20/09/2026

admirers of the controversial former president say the triumphal arch is vital drone infrastructure too important to tear down. critics say the half-constructed monument is a costly boondoggle and a traffic nightmare. president-elect mcafee has been unusually tight lipped in his plans for the arch

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 20/09/2026

I'm curious about why we're not hearing about the victims of these attacks (Hugging Face, for example) suing OpenAI or otherwise demanding restitution. 🤷

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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It rules we discovered the vaccinate against any disease technology

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WeirwoodTreeHugger @weirwoodtreehug.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

As a progressive atheist feminist, I obviously have plenty of issues with traditional religious patriarchy, but at least in these systems, men have obligations they're expected to fulfill. Modern misogynists seem to believe they should have the privileges of patriarchy with none of the obligation.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

So that's the thing. I grew up Mormon. And there are ~progressive poly folks~ who insist "Oh but haha we're not doing it BAD like those crazy Mormons did, we're GOOD people!" and then merrily describe doing shit that "oppressed Mormon sister wives in the 1860s" 100% would not have put up with.

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Lani 🏳️‍⚧️ @laniodeary.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My personal heuristic is that any journalist who writes about Piker needs to discuss at least one other Twitch streamer in their story. Ideally a discussion of Twitch as an ecosystem. But I'd take a high school compare and contrast between Piker and Asmongold over the current nonsense

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Kylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I LOVE gambling but I HATE how few ads there are for it!!

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foaming pipe snake @guntoucher.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

ISAAC CHOTINER: well mr. cruise, im impressed. you've given me absolutely nothing TOM CRUISE: [weirdly aggressive handshake] its been a pleasure. what was the name of that series you mentioned? ISAACH CHOTINER: dragonball z TOM CRUISE: goku, right. excellent, thanks for having me

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