iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"Gyms for our brains," you say?

Don Draper meme showing him presenting with the words "Hear me out...We call it 'The University'."

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Radiant G🌈 @radiantg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Be self-indulgent with your art. Just do it. Make that thing you think is too cringe to make. Whether people love it, or never even see it, just make it. Make what YOU want to make.

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Leonard Pierce @leonardpierce.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

You can buy a huge media conglomerate with money you don't have using leveraged debt you'll never pay off and then immediately start firing its workers, but people will still say that capitalism is compatible with democracy and is capable of "reform" or "regulation"

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Of COURSE THEY WOULD COME FOR WIKIPEDIA .. “It’s just the scraping” No you utter miscreants. AI as designed by the current closed models CAN NOT ALLOW OPEN SOURCE KNOWLEDGE it needs your methods, it needs best performers out of the frame

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Mike the Mad Biologist and Trump's Press Corps Approver @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The irony is, compared to much of what Trump uttered in that Time interview ~last week, this was actually a coherent and clear statement.

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alyssum says #ProtectJho and #FreeLink @permanentalien.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026

reskeeting with alt text. also yes because dying is not an option.

photo of a white person’s hands holding a red eyed black rabbit wearing chainmail armor against a grey background.

on top the phrase : You’re so resilient in quotes. and at the bottom as an apropos response : WTF was the other option.
meme by @/starslopped

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 30/09/2026

One of the most harrowing things about academia, when you're a grad student, is how vulnerable you are to how you're perceived by more senior researchers. Your career advancement depends on confidential letters of reference & private discussions amongst faculty. You have no information or control.

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Kestrel Casey @kestrelcasey.com · 30/09/2026

Computers have always been so dumb as to be funny, but I've noticed a definite uptick in "new kinds of stupid" since vibecoding came in.

Security question: What is your pet's name? Answer: Doug. Error: Answer must be at least 5 characters.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s also really clear to me this week that the people telling us that AI will transform work…haven’t seen a lot of jobs where people work.

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Ashley Hankins Illustration 🌙 @ashleydoesartstuff.com · 29/09/2026

Ok so one of the dumbest things I've seen online lately is Gen Z folks making these vids being pissed off that "Millennials won't retire to make room for us on the work force" and like...... How old do y'all think we are??????? Boomers think we're still in college. Zoomers think we are 55+

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Jan Claesen @claesengroup.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

... ... ... ... ... a) on its own? b) from a grant proposal with prelim data that was uploaded by someone working on this? Who's to say? 🤷‍♂️ www.anthropic.com/news/claude-...

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Claude discovers a novel enzyme system

In early results from our new life sciences research lab, Claude agents found an enzyme system whose function is still unknown.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

People don’t understand how fragile our water infrastructure is. I’ve had contaminated water in the last six years. I’ve had my water co. hijacked for digital ransom. We are in perpetual near drought conditions... in NC, not AZ. AI boosters use pedantry about water use as an accountability shield.

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Da Real Juicy J (10/13 🥳) @realjuicyjay.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026

This is my favorite genre of social media content right now Some dipshit who was trolling online getting the absolute shit beat out of them by the professional they were talking shit to 😌

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

And you can directly walk this back to Gamergate and before. The argument that women "invaded" male gaming spaces (like D&D and video games), that women only game for male attention, are all derived from the same mentality that got us Ready Player One, The Manosphere, and Palantir.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Norway produces more oil than Venezuela. And yet, between January and August 2026, electric vehicles made up 97.8 percent of all new cars sold in that country. Moving to EVs is often based on intelligence, not need. Which is why it lags in the notoriously short-sighted and stupid United States.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I think this shows how monumentally stupid JD Vance is, that he walked right into that. Anyone with any clue could have seen that set-up a mile away.

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Some of the most harrowing stories of climate suffering and injustice I've heard have come from prisons. This is long overdue, and needed well beyond Texas.

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

No one is disposable, including the canary ❤️🦜✊

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Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

There is a real and distinct difference between "liberating from drudgery (increasing productivity for a boss)" and "liberating from drudgery (freeing up time for the person)" and household appliances like laundry machines and dishwashers have been incredible for the latter

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 20/09/2026

Amtrak didn’t tell us about this exposure, so heads up: if you took an Amtrak train last week through Chicago or anywhere on the Southwest Chief, Coast Starlight, or California Zephyr routes like we did, you may have been exposed to measles! Please let the train people in your life know about this

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Snuff Capitalism @snuffcapitalism.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

And we’re being culled.

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Carlos Salazar ➡️ Gen Con @carlosmakesgames.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

If you mention MaizeBorg, you shpuld also give props to Kokotona by El Chupalabras @elchupalabras.itch.io, we have never been so lucky as to have two grim dark Mesoamerican fantasy games come out at the same time. One spark. Two games with different fun innovations. Can’t wait to play this one!

Cover of Kokotona, showing a femme warrior in a skull helmet and holding a feather while holding a macahuitl. The background is mostly red

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Joel (Thespis-Punk) @thespispunk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I submit this as another.

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Dr. Marcus Weinman @homozygoat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

You are not a druid who can heal sick animals. They are not Pokemon to catch, so please do not try to capture them and call a professional instead!

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 19/09/2026

Someone was telling me the other day that if you ‘can’t tell the difference’ between AI-generated visuals and human art then ‘why does it matter’ and do people not understand that the point isn’t the end product but the creative process? I look at art to feel things, to connect with others.

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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

OMG. #Cucumber, I think I’m ready for you to stop acting like a kitten now.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17/09/2026

Called it. The father was charged with punching the child while the mother did witness intimidation to cover it up. www.wbur.org/news/2026/09...

The case was reported to the state in early 2025. Both parents were charged in connection with an incident at the family’s Southborough home in late January of that year, according to court documents. WBUR is not identifying the teenager, who is a minor.

Joseph Kutzko was accused of punching and threatening his then-15-year-old child at the family home on Jan. 28, 2025, records from Westborough District Court show. A Southborough police detective wrote that Kutzko punched the victim in the shoulder and pulled them by their hair. Kutzko later allegedly threatened to kill the victim “for not singing in tune during a birthday celebration,” according to court records.

Kutzko was arrested the next day and pleaded not guilty. In setting bail, the judge referred to three prior restraining orders against Kutzko, one of which is permanent. She did not say whether any are tied to this case.

The child’s mother, Arlene Kutzko, was charged with witness intimidation after allegedly pressuring the child to “tell the school that she was exaggerating and being stupid.”

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(t) @afrogoth.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

GET A LIBRARY CARD! CHECK OUT BOOKS! CHECK OUT MOVIES! USE THE MAKER SPACE! USE LIBBY! USE KANOPY! DO IT NOW!!!!!!

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

FYI, Hulu is letting people with the basic account level watch 9 to 5, last week you needed a higher cost account to watch it 👀

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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

And this is why I emphasized how important running antibody controls during a pilot experiment (and every new lot) was if you didn't want to waste time and money on data that turned out un-usable

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Chanel Meyers @chanelkmeyers.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Literally every university: "we are in a deficit and must shut down programs and fire faculty/staff" At the same time: "let's pay millions for this AI contract that no one asked for!" *SCREAMING INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY*

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Alexander Dent @follicular.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The news industry is completely broken

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Zen Turtle @zenturtle.net · 19/08/2026

Telescopes cause asteroids

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Peer-reviewed research evidence in reputable scientific journals points to zoonotic origins. In the words of @onisillos.bsky.social, editor in chief of @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social, SARS-CoV-2 is likely "a natural virus that found its way into humans through mundane contact with infected wildlife"

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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 12/08/2026

If you missed the solar eclipse, this is what it looked like:

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Cole 🌈 @lilgay.club · 10/08/2026

Funny how everyone does the “we must stop divisive rhetoric” when a progressive gets nominated and not when the leader of the United States says Haitians are eating their cats and dogs.

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For the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Human: That's my coat that I need to hang up. Cat: This is a bed. Human: That's my work laptop computer. Cat: This is a bed. Human: That's a box of important documents. Cat: This is a bed. Human: Here, I bought you a cat bed. Cat: I don't know what this is.

Green eyed bobtail tabby looking confused as her momma explains what a bed is

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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Remember if you have the space put water out for wildlife it doesn’t need to be much but you can save something living with this uttly stupid weather.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 07/08/2026

Yup. This is where I note to people that the "books vs audiobooks" debate is a nonissue for the vast majority of authors, we're delighted you come to our work whatever the format. Also audiobooks opened up a whole new revenue stream for us, which we also, you know, tend to like.

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WomanToday @womantoday.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

1/ Henrietta Lacks (née Loretta Pleasant; August 1, 1920 – October 4, 1951) was an African-American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line and one of the most important cell lines in medical research. #WomanToday

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

it’s pretty obvious that a lot of people remember that COVID lockdowns were unpleasant and from there just extrapolate that they were therefore bad policy

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big tiddy Rebell @rebell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Giga hot take: Buying packs of playing cards should be for playing, and not trying to spike life changing amounts of money in expensive gambling tickets

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

"Was missing school during COVID rough for kids?" Yeah, for sure. It would, likewise, be rough for them to miss school because the building was on fire. It would be likewise ridiculous to argue that they should have *returned* to the burning building to avoid negative educational outcomes.

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Boo Mario @tomatograndpa.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This is the first time I've seen someone with the actual correct interpretation of what is happening here: Sony wants to go full subscriptions service/cloud gaming. They don't want to sell you physical games because they don't want to sell you *games*. They want to sell you a subscription.

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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

What a coincidence! My new documentary, “The Great Cancer Myth,” seeks to determine whether cancer is a genuine cellular disorder, or a social construct. Maybe your blood just needs more to-do lists, did you ever think of that

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