iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Tarabyte @tarabytes-talk.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

One of my causes close to my heart.“…it’s food security that gives us the quickest and easiest way to directly help others.” Read from @thiscjwilson.bsky.social on Medium to get ideas on how to help today. #FoodSecurity #FoodDistributions #MutualAid

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 21/05/2025

You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

The "don't speak up yet" folks will let us know when it's ok to criricize the government, right? I mean, it's not during an election. Or after the election. Or after 10 years of that party being in power. We eagerly await the go-ahead from you to be politically non-complacent.

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Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Headlines like this are possible because of lawsuits. Do more to fight fascism than post on social media by donating to NPOs that hire lawyers to win lawsuits against the Nazi bastards. Some great places to donate in the comments.

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Tarabyte @tarabytes-talk.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

🦚 Read from @thiscjwilson.bsky.social about why there’s more to these “glamour turkeys” than meets the eye. medium.com/@connordjohn... #AnimalFacts #NatureScience #Peacocks #Peahens #Peafowl

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Tarabyte @tarabytes-talk.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

@thiscjwilson.bsky.social says I should not “pet that dog” for legal reasons, but you should read about these “camp dogs,” that —like me —tow the line between feral and domesticated. #AnimalFacts #AnimalScience #Doggos #Dingoes

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Tarabyte @tarabytes-talk.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Bluesky, Indymedia, Mastadon, and Minds are alternatives for anyone concerned about their data privacy. open.substack.com/pub/antiauth...

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What To Do About Social Media

With the Administrative Coup Well Underway, How Secure Are These Platforms?

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C.J. Wilson @thiscjwilson.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

American tech companies work with the Trump admin to censor/change information, suppress progressives, and feed them data. Here's the how and why to switch to non-American services. (Thank you to @tarabytes-talk.bsky.social for showing me this) www.wired.com/story/trump-...

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How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To

Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.

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Tarabyte @tarabytes-talk.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

“So, make your choice. Risk biting the hand that’s holding the collar and taking your lumps, or wait patiently for your muzzle and tiny little cage.” Great metaphor dude. Exercise your rights while you still have them!

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C.J. Wilson @thiscjwilson.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

In an unjust, immoral system, it's morally necessary to resist, and to refuse to comply. Here's a rambly article I wrote about exactly that. medium.com/@connordjohn...

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Do not Comply!

U.S. Democracy is struggling. If we want to save it, we need to be willing to fight.

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

here’s some cool space shit

$Three bright stars with diffraction spikes shine near the center-right of the image, illuminating nearby clouds that glow in pale blue. The clouds darken at the edges of the image, and are dotted with smaller stars, some also with diffraction spikes.$ A glowing orange-red star is surrounded by cobweblike layers of dust. The black background of space is dotted with more distant stars and galaxies.

A glowing orange-red star is surrounded by cobweblike layers of dust. The black background of space is dotted with more distant stars and galaxies.

Webb’s image of NGC 1087 shows a densely populated face-on spiral galaxy anchored by its central region, which takes the shape of a short light yellow line that is about a fifth of the length of the galaxy. Filamentary spiral arms made of stars, gas, and dust start at the center and extend to the top and bottom edges, rotating clockwise. There is so much light in this region that the spiral arms of the galaxy look muddled. They are largely orange, ranging from dark to bright orange. Scattered across the packed scene are some bright blue pinpoints of light, but they appear more clearly in areas where it is dark gray or black. Several smaller “bubbles” where it’s black appears throughout the galaxy. The edges of the scene are dark black and there are some larger bright blue points of light, along with a few pink shapes, likely background galaxies.

At the center is a thin vertical cloud known as Lynds 483 that is shaped like an hourglass with irregular edges. At lower center are two discrete bright white, tiny blobs of light that have raced away from the hidden central stars. The top lobe shows a more prominent orange U-shape. Orange bleeds into light purple, and brighter pink at its edges. Some background stars are visible through sections of this lobe. Higher up, there is an orange arc. Some brighter pink material extends to the top edges near the center. In the lower lobe, less orange is visible. More opaque light purple is in its top third, rippling out into semi-transparent blues and pinks. The lower lobe has more texture. V-shapes left and right of the lobes are darkest, and the background stars in these areas appear orange. Elsewhere, the black background of space is clearer, speckled with tiny white stars and faint orange galaxies.

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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

10 minutes into a demo in Studio City California #NoKings #MayDayMarch

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Tarabyte @tarabytes-talk.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

They’re literally telling us their intentions y’all. Exercise your rights so you still have them.

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Daniel G. Wilson @danielgwilson.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Check this anti-nazi anthology featuring some great stories(including one by me and @grumpyducky.bsky.social ). The proceeds will go to a good cause. Grab yourself a neat digital copy

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C.J. Wilson @thiscjwilson.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

A strong list for anyone with ignorant family claiming there's an "autism epidemic"

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C.J. Wilson @thiscjwilson.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Read some indie comics! I've got a story in this one, too!

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Tarabyte @tarabytes-talk.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Damn, in front of my nearly thousand day streak, I'm going to have to delete the app. www.theverge.com/news/657594/... #Duolingo #AI #JobLoss

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Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI

Duolingo is making some AI-focused changes.

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C.J. Wilson @thiscjwilson.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

I see a lot of people worried that, even if we do create a mass movement, we'll have to contend with a wave of Trumpers. Thing is, he's never really had majority support. Here's an article I wrote about it. medium.com/p/f2bbbb82c59b

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Trump Never Had Widespread Support

Trump’s insane, dictatorial behavior continues to dominate public discourse and leave many wondering: “why did most Americans vote for…

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Carl Sagan when asked, "Are you a Socialist?"

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 21/04/2025

I've been a bit snarky lately since the RFK thing last week. For all the non-autistic people out there, I'd love to ask how you would feel if a public official said a group of people you belong to "has become an epidemic" this country needs to "solve"? I’m tired.

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Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Diversity is not an agenda. Diversity is reality. If you’re not reading diversely, you’re missing out on the full breadth of the human experience. And that’s pretty sad.

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Tarabyte @tarabytes-talk.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Contact to your members of Congress today in support of the Equality Act! #HRC Protect against sexual orientation or gender identity discrimination in housing, employment, education, and public places nationwide; expand protections for women and people of color. act.hrc.org/page/169990/...

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Take action today!

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Tarabyte @tarabytes-talk.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

URGENT: Right now, the fed govt is making decisions about the future of #AmeriCorps. Two entire programs—and 100s of agency positions—have already been eliminated. 30+ years, legislators on both sides of the aisle have supported AmeriCorps. Urge your lawmakers to protect AmeriCorps: p2a.co/NLS5e6b

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URGENT: Save AmeriCorps

URGENT: For more than 30 years, legislators on both sides of the aisle have supported #AmeriCorps for its clear benefits to communities & individuals. Today, those legislators need to hear from yo...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20/04/2025

i will remark again on this hallmark of maga politics, which is that trump embodies the organic will of the voters and this imbues him with sovereign power that cannot be checked or limited by any other institution in the society.

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Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

I'm originally from Cali. I like Gavin Newsom, but he is wrong about the deportation issue being a distraction. We CAN walk to the criticisms of the GOP tariffs AND chew gum on the constitutional deportation rights issues. Do better, Mr. Newsom.

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

i need some space… and maybe you do too

A massive spiral galaxy fills the image, with its bright yellow core seen near the upper left. Spiral arms whirl outward, laced through with dark brown dust and bright blue patches of star formation.

Angled from the upper left corner to the lower right corner is a cone-shaped orange-red cloud known as Herbig-Haro 49/50. This feature takes up about three-fourths of the length of this angle. The upper left end of this feature has a translucent, rounded end. The conical feature widens slightly from the rounded end at the upper right down to the lower right. Along the cone there are additional rounded edges, like edges of a wave, and intricate foamy-like details, as well as a clearer view of the black background of space. In the upper left, overlapping with the rounded end of Herbig-Haro 49/50, is a background spiral galaxy with a concentrated blue center that fades outward to blend with red spiral arms. The background of space is speckled with some white stars and smaller, more numerous, fainter white galaxies throughout.

$A densely packed cluster of yellow stars shines at the center of the image, with more stars scattered throughout. Clouds of glowing indigo gas and dust dominate the lower half of the view, and a red star with diffraction spikes shines at upper right.$

A nebula made up of cloudy gas and dust in the form of soft and wispy clouds and, in the center, thin and highly detailed layers pressed close together. Large, bright stars surrounded by six long points of light are dotted over the image, as well as some small, point-like stars embedded in the clouds. The clouds are lit up in blue close to the stars; orange colors show clouds that glow in infrared light.

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Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

They can’t win in the courts, so they’re trying immigrants in the court of public opinion. America: we are witness, jury, and judge. Together, we can hold them accountable.

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Tarabyte @tarabytes-talk.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Dispute your #StudentLoanDebt In Credit Karma (or studentaid.gov or transunion.com) >your loans > dispute > reason choose “Accuracy” > choose “other”. In the explanation box type: “My personal and financial data was compromised violating FERPA. I request full cancellation of my student loan debt.”

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C.J. Wilson @thiscjwilson.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

It's pretty obvious that RFK's concerns for vaccines arent about public health, but his eugenics-rooted hate for neurodiverse people. Personally, I think there's only one good place for eugenicists, and it sure as hell aint government.

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C.J. Wilson @thiscjwilson.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Right now, a lot of people are scared, and think there's nothing they can do to fight the growth of fascism in the U.S.. I wrote this to help convince them that you *can* fight this. Hope it helps. #Politics #SocialJustice #Activism medium.com/@connordjohn...

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Nothing is Stopping You from Saving the World

Right now, you might be feeling angry, depressed, or distraught. Maybe even hopeless. Why do we think we can’t change the world?

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Tarabyte @tarabytes-talk.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

“If enough people decide that they’re going to go out and take action, whether it’s feeding the hungry, fighting the jack-booted thugs disappearing people, or building new networks, that’s all it takes to change the world.” - @thiscjwilson.bsky.social medium.com/@connordjohn... #Advocacy #Protest

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Nothing is Stopping You from Saving the World

Right now, you might be feeling angry, depressed, or distraught. Maybe even hopeless. Why do we think we can’t change the world?

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

When I say you don’t have to worry about microplastics in your brain I mean that there is much stronger evidence that you should be worrying about other things that you don’t ever think about, like the draining of peatlands for agriculture, and things that you think about all the time, like fascism.

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Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Your assignment this week is to read a book that some “Mom for Liberty” would bring to a school board meeting and cry about.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

This is the way.

A screenshot of a post on X by user Andy Kim (@AndyKimNJ
). The post reads: "I introduced a bill to ban owning of individual stocks across all 3 branches. After what we saw over last few days, Americans deserve certainty that gov officials, Congress, others aren’t trying to profit from their jobs." Below the post, there is a snippet of an article from The New York Times with the headline: "Trump’s Encouragement of Stock Investors Draws Scrutiny." The subheading reads: "Was the president manipulating the market with his comments, as his critics say, or reassuring Americans, as the White House maintains?"

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