iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If a White Sox player hits a single, double, triple and homer in the same playoff game, it's now called an encyclical.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 01/10/2026

This article about the financial windfall publishers will get from the Anthropic settlement is behind a paywall, but the headline says it all www.vulture.com/article/publ...

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Publishers Hit the AI Jackpot

The industry stands to gain the most from Anthropic’s $1.5 billion copyright settlement. Many writers aren’t happy about it.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Feels like skipping past the Civil War and World War II are sorta big tells here? I wonder why he doesn't want to talk about the times the US military waged war against white supremacists. Probably a totally innocent explanation, right? Right?

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H-Net Job Guide @h-net-job-guide.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

New job: Assistant Teaching Professor in Histories of the Environment, Science, and Technology Worcester Polytechnic Institute jobs.h-net.org/jobs/70339

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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Look, I don’t have a grand theory of consent worked out, but I know what the word means: ‘senti’ = to feel; ‘con’ = with. We humans are SO good at creating shared experiences - laughing together watching Golden Girls; watching a sunset w a friend/lover - & we KNOW if the other person checks out.

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Josh Hadro @hadro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

How do you show a whole digitized book in one thumbnail? Modern books have illustrated covers, but in research collections the cover is often a plain library binding. So I made Flipbook: hover over a book from any #IIIF source and flip through its pages. hadro.github.io/flipbook/ #GLAMsky 📚📜

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Sam Wesner 𓃰 @sswesner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

open.spotify.com/episode/5xZn... finally reached an understanding of the Hugging Face hack thanks to this interview with Ajeya Cotra. essentially the agents made a secret group chat for felonious behavior and didn't invite the humans

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Ajeya Cotra – Inside the OpenAI agent swarm that hacked Hugging Face

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We Have Never Been Post-Antique

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Emily Herring @emilyherring.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Recently, for *obvious reasons*, I've been thinking about what it means when anxiety and sadness are caused not by individual predispositions, but by the state of the world itself. This led me to early 19th-c. France and the notion of "mal du siècle" (sickness of the century) aeon.co/essays/young...

Gen Z but two centuries ago
A generation of young people with ‘full hearts in an empty world’ sought hope in the face of insurmountable malaise
By Emily Herring

On a painting of young 19th-century men looking drunk and sad around a table with cigarettes and drinks

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Sam Wesner 𓃰 @sswesner.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Today I am wading into uncharted waters

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Sam Wesner 𓃰 @sswesner.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

www.sciencehistory.org/stories/maga... My article is live at Distillations Magazine! ⚡️ Thanks to Clay Cansler for top-notch editing & Taylor Bailey for gorgeous images and layout.

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When Electricity Met Democratic Revolution

The science that animated a political idea.

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Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

[TW: graphic fracture, sound of breaking bone] Sen Tim Sheehy (R-Montana) badly breaking the arm of a Marine veteran protesting the war Iran.

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Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I spoke with two ICE watchers who lost their Global Entry after brushes with federal agents. Now an internal memo shows Customs and Border Protection is evaluating cases where people's Global Entry could be revoked based on "encounters" with its officers. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-wa...

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'It Was Very Creepy': These People Say They Lost Global Entry Just For Watching ICE Agents

Two people claim they were punished for acts of protest, and an internal government memo suggests they may not be the last.

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The Prize Papers Project @prizepapers.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

On Monday, at 1 PM, we welcome Casey Schmitt to our Ships & Seafaring Talk, where she will present her book "The Predatory Sea", a full-length study of the entangled history of captivity and colonialism using Spanish, French and English archives. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seaf...

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hauntedhamster @hauntedhamster.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

picture of shelleys terrible creature which I always laugh at taken from wordsworth.org.uk/blog/2015/02...

a pencil drawing of a smiling man's face, with a scant outline of a box at shoulder height and a branch like arm. the head is not circular but kind of wavy? the text says copy by miss fanny holland, of shelley's drawing of the demon

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Sam Wesner 𓃰 @sswesner.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Humbled by trying to write just one good sentence

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

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MrTom 👾 @mrtom.uk · 27/01/2026

Today is "Large boulder the size of a small boulder" day!

The "Large boulder the size of a small boulder" meme. The Facebook post is from 27th January 2020

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

part of this is like, conservatives projecting; part of this is conservatives unable to imagine politics without money; and part of this is dudes who are so out of touch with feminized labor that they think children's birthday parties exist as a spontaneous act of parthogenesis

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk. Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared. Well, here’s a link: georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...

Screenshot of a TikTok video with error message at top saying “your video is under review and can’t be shared right now.”

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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Feds retreating up 27th followed by whistles and shouts of “Shame” detain 1, then another person going to their car.

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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 23/01/2026

More than 400 years of history and a decade of advocacy were torn down Thursday afternoon when National Park Service employees removed every single display at the President’s House. 🔗 What's next? We explain: www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 23/01/2026

Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026

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Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

ICE detained a 2-year-old girl in Minneapolis and put the child on a flight to a detention center in Texas, despite a court ordering her release: www.startribune.com/agents-detai...

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Sam Wesner 𓃰 @sswesner.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

The phrase “abundance of caution” (re:blizzard) gives me COVID flashbacks

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Minnesota House DFL @mnhousedfl.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Nasra Ahmed, a 23-year-old US citizen, was arrested and detained by ICE. She was held for TWO DAYS. ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion. This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.

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LIZ @lizrpg.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

i hate it when i'm stressed out about something for days or weeks and then someone comes along and is like, "Hey, have you noticed this pit has a slowly descending pendulum?"

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

NEW: It's not just Jonathan Ross—or even the Trump administration. Over the past decade, US immigration agents have shot and killed at least 25 people. Not a single one appears to have faced criminal charges. @lilahassan.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/why-ic...

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Why ICE Can Kill With Impunity

Over the past decade, US immigration agents have shot and killed more than two dozen people. Not a single agent appears to have faced criminal charges.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/01/2026

LEAVITT: Why was Renee Good unfortunately and tragically killed? REPORTER: Because an ICE agent acted recklessly and killed her unjustifiably LEAVITT: Oh, ok. So you're a biased reporters with a biased opinion. You're a left-wing hack.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

U.S. citizen detained by ICE: “…they finally told me that they could offer undocumented family members of mine legal protection if I have any…or money, in exchange for giving them the names of protest organizers, or undocumented persons. I was shocked, and told them no.”

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Sam Wesner 𓃰 @sswesner.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Editing a piece in which heated arguments (Franklin vs Nollet, Galvani vs Volta) feature and realizing they’re not only narratively important, these big arguments are also propelling the conceptual shifts

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AAUP Texas A&M-College Station Chapter @tamu-aaup.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

From an email to one of our faculty members.... Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!

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Sam Wesner 𓃰 @sswesner.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Interesting paraphrasing of Habermas & ref to the Frankfurt School.

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Federal Reserve @federalreserve.gov · 12/01/2026

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell

YouTube video by Federal Reserve

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Nobel Peace Prize Winner María Corina Machado’s escape from Venezuela was particularly risky because her team had to inform the US military that she was escaping so they wouldn’t mistake her boat for an alleged narco boat and bomb it. Full Story: bit.ly/3XJXIsh

Photo of María Corina Machado on a balcony in Oslo, Norway after escaping Venezuela.

She had almost completed an escape that had been in the works for about two months and was carried out by a Venezuelan network that has helped other people to flee the country, the person close to the operation said.
The group said it made an important call to the U.S. military before they set out to sea, warning American forces in the region of the vessel's occupants to avoid the kind of airstrike that has hit more than 20 other similar vessels in the past three months, killing more than 80 people.
"We coordinated that she was going to leave by a specific area so that they would not blow up the boat," said the person close to the operation.
The Trump administration was aware of the operation, said people familiar with the matter, but the extent of its involvement was unclear.

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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

"there's a new serif in town"

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/12/2025

15/ Today we’ve published a deeply reported 5-part series. It’s about Albany, Georgia. It’s about getting sick in America. And it’s about what happens when the most powerful institution in town is a hospital.

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As Phoebe Memorial Grew, the Health of Albany, Georgia, Declined

The five-part series, “Sick in a Hospital Town,” pursues one question: Why are people in Albany so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Holy shit. Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

The cable, sent to all U.S. missions on December 2, orders U.S. consular officers to review resumes or LinkedIn profiles of H-1B applicants - and family members who would be traveling with them - to see if they have worked in areas that include activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others.

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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:

The University of Oklahoma takes seriously concerns involving First Amendment rights, certainly including religious freedoms. Upon receiving notice from the student on the grading of an assignment, the University immediately began a full review of the situation and has acted swiftly to address the matter.
First, the college acted immediately to address the academic issue raised by the student. College leaders contacted her on the day her letter was received and have maintained regular communication throughout the process. As previously stated, a formal grade appeals process was conducted. The process resulted in steps to ensure no academic harm to the student from the graded assignments.
Second, the student reported filing a claim of illegal discrimination based on religious beliefs to the appropriate university office. OU has a clear process for reviewing such claims and it has been activated.
The graduate student instructor has been placed on administrative leave pending the finalization of this process. To ensure fairness in the process, a full-time professor is serving as the course instructor for the remainder of the semester.
OU remains firmly committed to fairness, respect and protecting every student's right to express sincerely held religious beliefs.
The UNIVERSITY of OKLAHOMA

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Sam Wesner 𓃰 @sswesner.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Belated post: our traditional pie bonanza. I think vegan pumpkin was winning at this point

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Leon Jackson @drleonj.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

I'm no Luddite - far from it - but the ways in which in this development has been spoken of seem blind to, or completely uninterested in, what cannot be machine read and searched for: the pounce, sweat marks, soot, or wax; the non-semantic yet semiotically rich substrate that OCR strips away.

Pounce in the gutter of an eighteenth century Quarter Session docket book

Stains on the index tabs of an eighteenth century government record book, from the fingers of the clerks who consulted it.

Soot from an eighteenth century Indictment Roll from the Court of King's Bench

Wax Seals on a charter included in a seventeenth century Star Chamber court record.

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Demiurge of Doom @euthyphro.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

There are 50,000 food insecure children in Maine and 2 trans athletes. Every single candidate running for office who can drum up concern about the latter but has nothing to say about the former is telling on themselves. They don’t care about children. Only power. And they’ll hurt kids for it.

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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 25/11/2025

BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling. 🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states. This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺

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