iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Berensreverie 🤒 @berensreverie.bsky.social · 11h

Just leave me here #berensart2026

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 12/10/2026

"Last week, New Jersey fined DataOne $1.1 million for running 45 unpermitted generators. This was the largest enforcement action the state has ever taken against a data center. It’s also a rounding error for a big data firm. Rest unassured, the generators are still running"

energyathaas.wordpress.com

Buying Time, Burning Gas

Why AI companies are paying a premium to go off the grid (and what this costs the rest of us). The race is on to train the next generation of frontier AI models. Staying competitive in this race is…

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

We love Susan! 💚💚💚 Not all hero’s wear capes some wear Primus shirts!

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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

1. By your logic, every artist working in publishing is violating copyright with their portfolio (they're not). 3. You can strip moral rights w/o using those words. 4. I'd love to know who that attorney is because... 5. Writers & artists weren't born yesterday. Stop trying to exploit us, my god.

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 10/10/2026

This is pure bad faith from MRM—they are not new to this business and are perfectly aware this is all bullshit. These magazines essentially no longer exist: they were bought simply to use their reputations as a trap to suck IP out of writers and artists who don't know any better.

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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

There are many ways to destroy a university. Texas Tech, Texas A&M + the University of Texas have each taken a different approach…But the result will be the same: substandard education, substandard research + graduates who are less prepared for their future… + more prepared to obey without question.

theatlantic.com

All The Things You’re Not Allowed To Say In Texas

The state now controls what professors can teach.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Starting tomorrow on Indigenous Peoples’ Day federal contractors are scheduled to begin removing thousands of saguaros and other desert plants from Tohono O’odham land in Arizona for Trump’s border wall, according to tribal officials.

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Ruin a book by adding a word Fellowship of the Ring Camera

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the hype @thehyyyype.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

becca: [fries beans] rebecca: [refries beans]

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

i've seen some terrible puns but this is really the last straw

Sign on a truck reads"Fifty Shades of Hay."

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 11/10/2026

I don’t understand why there are so many people eager to ignore this in order to get the left “onboard” with AI

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Food & Water Watch @foodandwater.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

If you need an example of how data centers that use unpermitted gas turbines harm public health, look no further that Elon Musk’s xAI facility in Tennessee – where the 35 off-grid turbines used to power it could emit up to 2,000 tons of noxious nitrogen oxides annually 😷

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Worms & Bones @homemadehorrors.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

We love makin some more unconventionally spooky designs, like this bleeding hart from last year. #art #artdoll #deer #handmade #furryart #CANartist

An ivory deer art doll poses with one foreleg lifted as if mid-stride. They have soft pastel blue eyes, and antlers that are clear, with twisting rivulets of blood red in them to match the bloody marking on their chest.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 11/10/2026

Tech companies have realised every time this spectre comes up all they have to do is say "Yes, but do it this way" and 'this way' = dodgy loopholes, certificates, offsets and cheats that create the perfect illusion of regulation, particularly in a way that staves off criticism from climate ppl

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How Australia’s data centre lobby is winning its fight to freely pollute

Data centre greenwashing is getting worse, alongside the tech industry’s hunger for fossil fuels. Why help them?

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Stormdancer Gryphon @stormdancergryphon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

As a dedicated pantser, this is 100% true.

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Stormdancer Gryphon @stormdancergryphon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Fortunately, most of my friends are also inclined toward accuracy.

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Stormdancer Gryphon @stormdancergryphon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I am somewhat horrified, and the fact that I am intrigued ALSO disturbs me. ... so how is it?

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Gina Hinojosa @ginafortexas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I'm running to secure the American Dream by saving Texas schools and putting money in your pocket. Greg Abbott is running to help his megadonors get richer.

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JonGriffon @jongriffon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Little sketch for fun :3

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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Stormdancer Gryphon @stormdancergryphon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

More about gryphons (finally) Many species of birds can voluntarily constrict (pin) their pupils, and it can be a strong indicator of their mood. Gryphons share this trait, and use it in some non-vocal communication, even just as a way of expressing interest in something. #gryphons #writing

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 23/09/2026

“I feel very powerless. But it’s not a good excuse to not show up.” New from @gaigedavila.bsky.social: Time is running out for the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, once called a "crowl jewel" of protected spaces in the U.S. Can one last lawsuit slow down the border wall until Congress can act?

texasobserver.org

Santa Ana's Last Stand

Congress repeatedly shielded the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge from the border wall. Now, construction has begun—and an irrigation district lawsuit may be the only option left to buy time for…

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404 Media @404media.co · 23/09/2026

Citizens showed up to the city council meeting with plans to let city leaders know how they felt about the city’s use of Flock. But Springfield mayor Jeff Schrag moved to prevent public comment on Flock. Then, arrests happened, @mjgault.bsky.social reports. Story: www.404media.co/woman-arrest...

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Paul Taylor @pablowapsi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender.

Wilfred Mott from Doctor Who, wearing a red stocking hat with two sets of reindeer antlers on top.

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

A round of applause for inspirational teachers 🫶🏼👏🏼 #WritingCommunity #BookSky

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I drew depression cat again but got really distracted by the boulder.

drawing of Katia Managan from Prequel Adventure sitting on a rather detailed boulder, with a box of sweet rolls and a bottle of milk next to her on either side. in the background is the wall and gate house of Kvatch. she is wearing her mage robe, and is looking downward toward the ground

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Count Trashula @trashmobminis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What you need to understand is nothing we built was “off the shelf.” Store-bought environmental assets for stop-motion features do not exist. We were given concept art and told “make it look like this.” Everything you see here, down to the dirt and moss, was meticulously designed and crafted.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

New: Macklemore will donate entire $1M of his earnings from Ed Sheeran's tour to six orgs helping Palestinians — and invites Robert Kraft to match him. Says he wants to center Palestinians being killed + journalists & aid workers who keep going. "Their risk is of a far different order than mine."

With everything that has happened over the last 48 hours, I want to bring the conversation back to where it belongs: to the Palestinian people who are still being killed, still living under military occupation, and still fighting for their freedom.
I will be donating the entire $1 million of my net earnings from Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour to six organizations working directly to support the Palestinian people. And I invite Robert Kraft to match my donation. Whatever we disagree about, perhaps we can agree on this: Palestinian lives are worth protecting. A Palestinian life is no less valuable than any other life on this earth.
That is what this has always been about. Not me. Not a tour. Not the headlines or the controversy. It is about Palestinians right to freedom, dignity and safety in their own homeland. I want to center the parents carrying their children into hospitals without the basic resources to treat them, and the physicians, paramedics, journalists and aid workers who keep going back in. I want to center the organizers and activists who have paid real costs for standing with Palestine. Their risk is of a far different order than mine.
Just yesterday, 15 year old Muhammad al Zinati was killed in an Israeli strike while rushing to help aid worker Sherif Lubbad, who had already been injured. He was a child. Both were murdered. Both should be alive. And the ones still under the rubble, whose names exist only in the memories of people who may not have survived to speak them. Writing a check is one of the least costly forms of solidarity available to me. I am doing it because I can, and because these organizations are doing the work while much of the world debates it.
But aid alone cannot address the conditions that make it necessary. This is a manmade injustice, and I believe it requires immediate political change. Palestinians have lived for decades without basic rights and should not have to wait another day to be free. That is where my focus will remain. I will …

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

leave in 2025, with about $6.7 billion tied to the DOGE-era deferred resignation program. Call it “efficiency” if you want. The only result was fewer federal employees and a federal workforce dramatically reshaped by a corrupt administration.

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U.S. GAO - Federal Workforce: Deferred Resignation Program Largely Responsible for Sixfold Increase in Paid Administrative Leave Salary Costs

Federal agencies can use paid administrative leave (excused absence with pay) for workforce flexibility. Agencies spent $9.5 billion on salary costs...

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

DOGE was sold as a “massive money-saving operation.” But it actually saved nothing. The story was always about gutting the federal workforce and reshaping the agencies themselves. A new GAO report estimates federal agencies spent $9.5 billion on paid administrative

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Niche post but: Blumineck also has a series of archery reference photos available for purchase which are very useful for artists who want to draw characters with bows

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Amy Woodson-Boulton @amywb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Excellent reporting (& graphs!) from @ketanjoshi.co & group of orgs on the incredible growth of emissions at all stages of AI’s hardware lifecycle, in this case through Nvidia. Nvidia & others continue to greenwash consumer AI as a solution to the climate crisis. Use this to call them out!

drive.google.com

NVIDIAs climate hoax - Full Report.pdf

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Shawn Lenore | How to be a Werewolf webcomic @shawnlenore.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

New page! howtobeawerewolf.com Ginger has feelings about shopping, and Harvey has different feelings about shopping #howtobeawerewolf

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Stormdancer Gryphon @stormdancergryphon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We missed you at ArmadilloCon! SO MANY good wishes sent your way. Not sure how actually helpful that is, but... :P

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Stormdancer Gryphon @stormdancergryphon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

You can do it! A novel of 100,000 words begins with a single keystroke. ... oh crap, but not that keystroke. Maybe a different one. Or. Oh no.

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FieldExplores (Gator Days) @fieldexplores.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Just Start - Gator Days

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

State legislative races are easy to overlook, but their consequences reach all the way to Washington. In PA, MI, MN, WI, and AZ, a trifecta — one party controlling the governorship and both chambers — could shape the future of the House. This piece is worth revisiting as we enter the final stretch.

thinkbigpicture.substack.com

Trifecta Watch: The States Where Democrats Are Hoping To Win Full Government Power

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Stormdancer Gryphon @stormdancergryphon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

What a gorgeous gryphon, thanks for that! A beast far too rarely seen.

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ande ˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗ @andewitt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

they are friends c:

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 09/09/2026

So we're clear, this isn't "mis-use of AI", this is very much exactly the single best most appropriate use case for a software program that generates aesthetically plausible but inaccurate text

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Ashley Nichols @ashleynichols.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The Rabbit reunited with her friend who she once feared she had lost forever. “I know too what those scars feel like. We are more than what was done to us.” Lil fanart for @janegumball.bsky.social unicorn comic!!! 💖 After those last few pages the unicorn NEEDED a hug

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Stormdancer Gryphon @stormdancergryphon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Heh. It's a good question. Honestly it's largely a desire to see how things work out. The joys of being a pantser, I only know the broad sweep of the plot, not the lovely rich details until I write them!

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Stormdancer Gryphon @stormdancergryphon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

IMO, every season is gryphon season. :>

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The only other ten women to have earned three prose-Hugo wins are: @marthawells.com, @naomikritzer.bsky.social, Connie Willis, CJ Cherryh, @tkingfisher.com, NK Jemisin, Ursula K. le Guin, @seananmcguire.bsky.social, Lois McMaster Bujold, & @maryrobinettekowal.com (Corrected and reposted) 2/2

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