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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K @surplusmurderbot.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Holy shit! I can’t believe someone hasn’t dont one. That would be good!

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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?

YouTube video by Benn Jordan

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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 · 25/03/2026

This is great and all, but if a fine isn’t larger than the benefit of bad behaviour, then it’s just a cost of doing business. If every US state levied the same fine, Meta would be out about $20 billion. Last year they made $60. As a one-time cost thats meaningful, but not enough to change anything.

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K @surplusmurderbot.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

No good on airplanes, but they’re strangely good at highlighting noisy environments you might not be paying attention to. I didn’t realise how godawful noisy my kids swimming class was until I entered the pool building and suddenly couldn’t hear my music anymore

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

I’m that way with the em dashes. I use them all the time, but apparently LLMs love them so it’s used as an indicator of AI writing. I still use them though, nobody reads what I write anyway =D

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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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K @surplusmurderbot.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

When I think about this question I think about this video. Like, the last thing to ever happen in the universe is still finite, but it’s so far out there that it might as well be infinite to us youtu.be/FgnjdW-x7mQ?...

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The Last Thing To Ever Happen In The Universe

YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

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K @surplusmurderbot.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

I was going to give my 11 ye old Starter Villain, and then my wife reminded me of the dolphins.

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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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K @surplusmurderbot.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Right?!? There’s something so cathartic about being able to turn an enemies energy back on them. It’s like if aikido actually worked.

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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

I wonder how much of this was just to test the waters. Like, release the rumours, see what the markets do. If they drop, say it was a rumour, if they shrug it off, then follow through with the announcement

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

Right, but even then the only number that matters are at elections. *maybe* they’ll lose at the midterms, but I suspect it will take a lot more than this debacle to tear away a meaningful number of R voters

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

That was my thought too. They’re floating this both to make a little cash off the volatility, and to see exactly how much the markets react. If the markets move too much they’ll just say it was fake news and move on

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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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K @surplusmurderbot.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Do you have a link to the original? I’d like to read the rest of this persons thinking

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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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K @surplusmurderbot.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Oh wow, I’ve saved up since like episode three so I could binge. I think tonight is going to be a good night!

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K @surplusmurderbot.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

My thoughts exactly! The only thing providing feedback these policies are was the markets. Now that markets are sanguine with TACO there’s no feedback mechanism, the policies will have to go too far and actually break things before something happens. And then of course it’ll be too late.

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K @surplusmurderbot.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Is it the death of sincerity or is it just that gallows humour has taken over all interactions because it seems we’re all in the gallows?

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K @surplusmurderbot.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

My thought too. Republicans repeatedly threatened to collapse the financial system with their debt crisis shenanigans, repeatedly tried to get rid of the ACA, got rid or Roe v. Wade, had a violent insurrection that killed police, and they were still given back both the presidency and congress.

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K @surplusmurderbot.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Oh, I think there are some principals in the bill. Just not ones that are good for the nation.

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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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K @surplusmurderbot.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Is it a supply glut or a drop in demand? May housing starts were the lowest they’ve been since covid and I can’t help but wonder whether the high profile of the deportations policy is making labor more expensive for construction.

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K @surplusmurderbot.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

And consumer sentiment just jumped substantially 🤪 www.sca.isr.umich.edu

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Surveys of Consumers

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