iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 09/10/2026

What if you could take a work of art, remix it, study it, share it, or build something new from it? You can. Public-domain works belong to everyone to be: 🛠️ Reused 🔀 Remixed ❤️ Enjoyed 🧠 Reimagined So go find something. Then make something new. Free to (re)use. blog.archive.org/2026/01/01/w...

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

wikipedia has been ANNIHILATED with AI bot traffic for a while now (because LLMs can't get enough of it) which puts a huge burden on its tech and server costs. and now it looks like bots are making unauthorized edits to pages and trying to hack community tools diff.wikimedia.org/2026/10/05/o...

Wiki editing: We’ve identified edits to Wikimedia wikis that we believe are from AI agents operated by OpenAI. These edits were not published to pages with visibility to general readers; almost all of them were testing edits in “sandbox” areas of the wiki. It also included a few edits to the configuration for a citation tool, which we believe were potentially malicious edits that were intended to misuse this tool as a proxy for fetching data from remote services. While Wikipedia policies allow bots to edit when they are disclosed and approved by the community, none of those approvals were sought in these incidents.
Etherpad probing and use: Agents we believe to be operated by OpenAI made some unsuccessful attempts to compromise our public Etherpad, a note-taking tool we host as a community service. Agents unsuccessfully tried to use it to fetch data from other websites as a proxy. Other agents also likely operated by OpenAI took notes about their tasks, though this did not appear to turn into coordination.
Excessive data downloading: Agents we believe to be operated by OpenAI made millions of automated requests to our public APIs to access the knowledge on Wikimedia projects, crawled millions of pages (mainly from our projects Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons), and made hundreds of thousands of data queries to the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS). This traffic may have contributed to a partial outage on WDQS in May.

Wikimedia’s volunteers are the ones who come in first contact with, and clean up the mess left behind by AI agents. Rising bot traffic and agentic activity is showing a real impact on the Wikimedia projects and the infrastructure that makes it available for millions of users globally. In 2025, the Foundation reported that its bandwidth usage had increased by 50% due to the surge of bot activity on its websites since 2024. At the same time, 65% of the most resource-consuming traffic on its projects was coming from bots.

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

it blows my mind that these bizarre AI people think “the commons” is just sitting around for them to strip-mine for free

OpenAI "rogue" agent activities found on wikimedia projects. by selena deckelmann 5 october 2026

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 03/09/2026

This is one of the biggest issues in our country — the rich keep tipping the scales, buying politicians, and rigging the tax system. Meanwhile, everyone else is stuck with medical debt, higher costs, and low wages. We need to make billionaires finally pay their fair share.

A bar graph showing how the 100 wealthiest Americans own more than the bottom half of the country.

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No Hate in WA State @nohateinwastate.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Washingtonians across the state are coming together to take a stand against hate! Join us and vote NO on two harmful initiatives, I-001 and I-638, this November. #NoHateWAState

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Wikipedia @wikipedia.org · 18/07/2026

Did you know that WikiAsteroids developer @payravi.dev is also a volunteer photographer who has contributed to WikiPortraits? Talk about wearing many hats!

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Attorney General Nick Brown @atg.wa.gov · 29/06/2026

1/3: The federal administration’s unlawful implementation of new Medicaid work requirements will make it even harder for people with challenging medical conditions to get the healthcare they need, Attorney General Nick Brown and a multistate coalition argue in a new lawsuit filed today.

Text says: "AG Brown sues over unlawful federal implementation of Medicaid work requirements." Below that is the seal of the Attorney General's Office and atg.wa.gov.

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 26/06/2026

Expand the court. Enact term limits. Implement serious ethics and transparency standards. That’s what we need to do to reform this right-wing Supreme Court.

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Steven Arntson @stevenarntson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Concertina: for all phases of life/afterlife

Porcelain figures of a kid and an angel playing concertina, on a shelf at Goodwill.

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No Hate in WA State @nohateinwastate.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

A huge thank you to 44th LD Dems, Tenants Revolt, Trans Unity Coalition, and Outbio Seattle for taking a stand against IL26-001 and IL26-638, two harmful initiatives that threaten the safety of all Washington students. #NoHateWAState

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Eiderdown Records @eiderdownrecords.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Kills me to have to repost this but our beloved Wall Of Sound Records in Seattle is closing down for good. Please buy some stuff from them and help them go out on a good note 💔

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Paul Constant @paulconstant.com · 12/06/2026

Since news sites are running their pre-written fawning BS about his nauseating trillion dollar "milestone," here's an important reminder that Elon Musk is a murderous Nazi fuck.

currentaffairs.org

How Elon Musk Killed Hundreds of Thousands of People

Former USAID global health official Nicholas Enrich explains the catastrophic human toll of DOGE's cuts to the agency.

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Wikipedia @wikipedia.org · 09/06/2026

You can have a little edit of any Byzantine emperor for your birthday! You know, as a treat? 🎂

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 09/06/2026

Today, Republicans voted to add another $70 billion slush fund to the lawless and unaccountable agencies of ICE and CBP with zero reforms. We should be investing in the American people, not sending billions more to these agencies. My full statement:

Jayapal Statement on Reconciliation Vote

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 31/05/2026

40,000 people in Washington have had to forgo healthcare as Trump and Republicans have let premiums skyrocket. We always have money for war, but never for healthcare. We can and must do better.

knkx.org

Thousands in WA drop health coverage after losing federal subsidies

State officials are seeing a sharp decline in the number of people signing up for Affordable Care Act health insurance after Congress allowed subsidies to expire.

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Levi Fuller @denimclature.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Follow @nohateinwastate.bsky.social and join the fight!

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

but why did they put the Internet in the thing I use to write

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 22/04/2026

Hooray for #NationalLibraryWeek! 📚 Internet Archive's mission is Universal Access to All Knowledge, and we’re proud to be a Federal Depository Library. Books 📖, movies 🎞️, music 🎧, software 💾, web pages 🌐 and much more await on the Internet Archive: the library in your pocket. ➡️ www.archive.org

Two headphone-wearing people seated in the "Listen" station at the Internet Archive, surrounded by shelves with record albums.

A person at the Internet Archive turning the pages of a book being digitized on a "scribe" station, which uses two cameras to shoot opposing pages simultaneously.

A person at the Internet Archive operating a Lasergraphics ScanStation digital film scanner, in the procress of scanning 8mm film.

Server racks with blue "blinkenlights" at the Internet Archive.

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Levi Fuller @denimclature.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I like this takeaway. On another note, here's my new album.

passenger-pigeon.bandcamp.com

Another New Low, by Passenger Pigeon

9 track album

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Steven Arntson @stevenarntson.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Baby jumping spider on a wooden chair

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

this wikipedia editor is orbiting the moon right now!

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 03/03/2026

Trump sent our kids into a war of choice from his beach club in Florida. Americans do not want another endless, costly war in the Middle East. They want health care and lower prices.

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 24/02/2026

I’m honored to host Marijke Chartouni, an Epstein survivor and constituent, as my guest for the State of the Union. We’re joining the Democratic Women’s Caucus to stand up for the truth. Tune in:

youtube.com

WATCH LIVE: Epstein survivors join House Democrats ahead of Trump's State of the Union

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 24/02/2026

Tonight, Trump is going to give his State of the Union—but that’s not what he’ll focus on. He is going to talk about his favorite subject—himself. You won't find me there. But I WILL be addressing WA state directly: laying out exactly how Trump has failed us. Watch.

youtube.com

Senator Murray's Address to Washington State

YouTube video by Senator Patty Murray

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Washington State Department of Ecology @ecology.wa.gov · 02/02/2026

Today is World Wetlands Day. We are celebrating the connection of wetlands to traditional knowledge and cultural heritage by highlighting a successful wetland restoration project led by the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation that spurred the natural return of wapato.

ecology.wa.gov

World Wetlands Day: Celebrating cultural heritage

<p>World Wetlands Day is celebrated every Feb. 2 to help raise global awareness about the importance of wetlands to people and the planet.</p>

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Gov. Bob Ferguson @governorferguson.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

We will not allow this administration to turn our nation into an authoritarian regime. My response to ICE and their unconstitutional actions, and how we're preparing.

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Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board @wastateweedboard.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Norway maple, Acer platanoides, is now a Class C Noxious Weed in Washington. This popular street tree takes a while to start to impact forests, but when it reaches sexual maturity they quickly outcompete native understory plants. www.nwcb.wa.gov/weeds/norway... #pnw #invasiveplants

photo of two leaves and several maple seed "helicopters" on a black background. Arrows pointing to the leaf tips say "sharp pointed lobes", arrow pointing to the leaf stem says "milky sap", and arrow pointing to the helicopter-shaped seed says "Glabrous (not hairy)"
Photo by Oregon State University

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