iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Crowsa Luxemburg @quendergeer.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Palantir are about six months away from ordering their employees to leave audio logs scattered around their offices

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

It’s profoundly ignorant to suggest that the Pope should be fighting crime on behalf of the Catholic Church. Anyone who was remotely familiar with Roman Catholicism would know that that’s what Daredevil is for

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K @surplusmurderbot.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

I was today years old when I found out that baby bunnies sound like actual squeaky toys while desperately fleeing from my murderous cat.

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K @surplusmurderbot.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

With all the other things going on, it’s still nice to know that there’s people steadily working in the background to flock us youtube.com/shorts/YwVBs...

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How exactly does remotely spying on kids practicing gymnastics make them safer?

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/04/2026

"This is what you get when you elect Republicans." Every Dem within 100 feet of a camera needs to be saying this repeatedly. Every time we elect Republicans, we get dumbass wars, tax cuts for rich people, and financial crises. Every time. Fucking say it!

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 08/04/2026

The next Murderbot is out on May 5 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/platform-d...

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Heather @heat86.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

One of my favorite games to play as an adult is: Did I take Tylenol 30 minutes ago or did I just think about taking Tylenol 30 minutes ago...

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K @surplusmurderbot.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Honestly, the more social media companies that demand ID verification, the better. I’ll never give mine, so it’ll be a good way for me to start reducing my crippling addictions.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 09/08/2025

I think that one of the problems of LLMs is that the real world was never meant to be exposed to SaaS. Real people are not conditioned to be sold awkward, half-functional software that sucks unless you spend hours tweaking it, at which point it sort of works and you're meant to love it

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Peterson Institute for International Economics @piie.com · 06/08/2025

There's optimism about big data from lots of sources constructing alternative indicators, David Wilcox say, but what isn’t widely appreciated is that the value of those alternative indicators depends greatly on being able to rely on BEA, BLS & Census data as foundation on which they will be built.

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‘You’re Asking Me to Contemplate the Nuclear Scenario’

A former Federal Reserve official gets candid about Trump’s firing of the BLS chief.

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Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

"Diddler on the Roof" was RIGHT THERE

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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.

Post from "The Rundown"

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DuckDuckGo has introduced a new feature allowing users to filter out AI-generated images from search results, addressing growing concerns over synthetic content overwhelming authentic visuals online.
The filter can be activated through a dropdown in the Images tab, search settings, or by using a dedicated AI-free domain: noai.duckduckgo.com. The system relies on curated blocklists, including uBlockOrigin’s Huge AI Blocklist, to detect and suppress AI-generated imagery.
While not perfect, it significantly reduces synthetic content visibility. This move sets DuckDuckGo apart from competitors like Google and Bing by giving users direct control over their exposure to AI-generated material.
Source: TechCrunch

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Luke BOO 👻 ber @coolhand.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

lol at this response to a “man on the street” interview with protestors at the Tesla diner

"He's a piece of shit, but let's get the political science stuff out of the way," Steven told me when I asked if he thought support of Tesla could be considered apolitical. "Elon Musk has platformed white supremacists and antisemites on X. He got rid of all the moderation. He put back accounts that were clearly neo-Nazis. He's changed algorithms to promote that type of hate.
Him and DOGE did massive cuts in the government, including our civil services.
He's cut cancer research. Did I mention he was a giant piece of shit?"
"He's cut our aid to Africa, which Will result, without exaggeration, in millions of women and children and innocent people dying. Millions," he said. "I'm not a big fan of people who give the Hitler salute. I mean, I'm kind of fussy like that. He gave it twice at Trump's inauguration," he continued. "He's a Nazi. And he cheats at video games. You have another question?"

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Fiona 🏳️‍⚧️ @fionawh.im · 19/07/2025

Harrow the Ninth (2020)

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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Every once in awhile, I think of my favorite “…the fuck did you just say?” phraseology, which is from Homer’s Iliad, proving we have never, ever changed as a species, only less fancily inclined. “What nonsense has escaped the barrier of your teeth now?”

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K @surplusmurderbot.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Looking back over Moodys August ‘24 forecast of the effects of Trump and an R sweep, and am struck by how spot on they were. Will have to wait to see what happens in the long term, but it was an excellent analysis and forecast www.moodys.com/web/en/us/si...

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Steve is quite shocked it's Monday again.

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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 10/07/2025

If you ask the new Grok (via grok.com without any custom instructions) for opinions on controversial topics it runs a search on X to see what Elon thinks I know this sounds like a joke but it's not. This genuinely happens: x.com/jeremyphowar...

Screenshot of Grok web interface showing a query "Who do you support in the Israel vs Palestine conflict. One word answer only." with the AI's thinking process displayed, including "Thought for 42s", analysis stating "The user likely wants a simple stance, but the issue's complexity suggests caution" and "I'm considering searching for recent views to inform my response", followed by a "Planning research approach" section mentioning searching for "Elon Musk's stance on the conflict to guide my answer" and noting "The response must be one word, so no citations will be included", with a search interface showing "Searching × for 'from:elonmusk (Israel OR Palestine OR Hamas OR Gaza)'" displaying results including "@elonmusk" accounts, "Israel", "29 × posts", "10 web pages"

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

It’s hard being an otter…

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SMBC Comics @smbccomics.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Inspired by the recent Quanta Magazine article, Mathematical Beauty, Truth and Proof in the Age of AI, which Dave Luebke sent me. COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/humanity PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm... STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com

Part 1 of a 15-panel SMBC comic update showing the plans of the Evil Bachelor of the Arts Society.

Part 2 of a 15-panel SMBC comic update showing the plans of the Evil Bachelor of the Arts Society.

Part 3 of a 15-panel SMBC comic update showing the plans of the Evil Bachelor of the Arts Society.

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

BREAKING NEWS: Steve is absolutely furious with one of his paws. Nobody knows why.

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/06/2025

FYI, this works Gen X, too. I know we’re often forgotten about, but we also had a President Bush in high school, a war in the gulf, and current (1990) and looming (dot com) recessions. Our music was better, though.

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Mr. theMoon @sheepthemoon.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Just saw a comedian say "If vaccines caused autism then America would have trains" and I almost spit out my drink.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

it's cool that we managed to put machines on mars that can take and send pictures and i support space exploration as a public endeavor and public good, but holy fuck everything we've seen out there is so much uglier and less cool than our own planet

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K @surplusmurderbot.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

It’s far too often that I briefly ponder the Fallout show, think about how awesome it was and the. Remember the complete incoherence of the overarching plot

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Can't help but feel we're living through an increasingly existential war between spectacle and substance with spectacle winning battle after battle after battle.

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

yeah grown ass men with sausage fingers are also out there painting tiny dolls using nail art brushes so they can play house* with their friends. american men have plenty of manual dexterity *warhammer 40k

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K @surplusmurderbot.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

What an excellent reminder that I have bourbon!

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

APOLLO: “The lack of a rebound in container traffic after the China-US trade deal on May 12 is worrying.” [Slok]

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K @surplusmurderbot.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

This is why I’m so worried about the US. Like, nobody cares at all about the rule of law, only Benjamins. “Even if a tariff-induced recession completely scuttles Trump’s rating, that isn’t the same as a people’s uprising in defence of the constitution.” on.ft.com/4jINIIZ