iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Therese Fessenden @tbfess.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

For the past few years, we've had the privilege of selling grapes to some of the area's most renowned winemakers. We're still doing that, but making our own great wine has always been the goal. Now, I'm excited to share: this cork, on a table.

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Therese Fessenden @tbfess.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

“Oh you totally have time to work out!Just wake up before the baby wakes up” Okay before which wake up? The 12am? 2am? 4am? Or 6am? Inquiring minds want to know.

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Therese Fessenden @tbfess.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

The latest AI tell for me? "quietly" (or "quiet") It drives me bonkers. I'm starting to see it everywhere, all the time. Usually, I see it used as a way to indicate a subtle shift from one reality to another. "People are quietly adjusting their schedules" or "Expectations are quietly shifting."

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

AI developers have long made it clear that their entire focus is on supporting "use cases" (arbitrary tasks they wish you'd do) and they spare no attention on abuse cases or misuse cases.

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Therese Fessenden @tbfess.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Oh cool. Thanks Cayuga County for the REDUCED RATE on parking for the jury duty I am legally required to serve at a rate of $40 per day under threat of jail time and/or $1,000 fine. Glad you could muster the discount 😒

A portion of a jury summons for Cayuga County which reads “For reduced rate parking at the municipal garage present your proof of service, section E of this summons to garage staff”

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Therese Fessenden @tbfess.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I used to side w/ bikers thinking "Haha look at all these middle-aged Karens clutching pearls at loud engines."

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Therese Fessenden @tbfess.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

🧵 Re: activation of the NG and Marines in Cali - Lots of uninformed ppl keep citing the Oath of Enlistment as proof that soldiers need to follow orders of the current administration. But y'all are missing important facts about how our gov & military are designed in a specific way to avoid tyranny.

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Therese Fessenden @tbfess.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Me, in my 20's: "We all have the same 24 hrs!" 7-9am: uninterrupted wellness & thinking time, pre-work 5-7pm: uninterrupted entrepreneurial/social time 9pm-?: sleep (or party?)

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Therese Fessenden @tbfess.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

How I know I'm an old: when Spotify changes their "Hip Hop Focus" playlist to "Boom Bap Focus" + it takes about 10+ min looking for the playlist bc I've never once in my life thought of hip-hop as "boom bap"

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Philipp Markolin @philippmarkolin.eurosky.social · 14/05/2025

Usually complains about online censorship are overblown. Then there are exceptions, such as the proposed "abortion bounty hunter" bill (HB5510) that would basically - declare abortion information "verboten" 😒 - mark anybody who shares it as a target 😱 - reward random people to hunt them legally 🤯

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Well that's grim

Screenshot of the mayoral candidate quiz. For the "approach to policing" question I selected "scale back the police force" and the quiz says, no matching candidates.

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Therese Fessenden @tbfess.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Companies be “mobile-first” until the time comes to delete an account or cancel service, then suddenly you need a desktop device, a mobile phone, an email address, and thirty business days.

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Therese Fessenden @tbfess.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Fun fact: I live in a very rural agricultural area. Generally I love it out here. But lately, the factory farms in the area have really started to… how do I put this… not care?

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Therese Fessenden @tbfess.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

As Mother's Day creeps up on us... to the people who have complicated relationships with your moms: You're not "immature" for "not forgiving and forgetting." You're not a bad person for protecting your children. The most mature, loving thing you can do is choose peace over abuse.

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Therese Fessenden @tbfess.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Something that's been on my mind lately (🧵) 1) To get good outputs from AI, you often have to do some level of cross-platform checking (i.e. have one AI tool shoot holes in another AI tool's work)

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Therese Fessenden @tbfess.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

As a student of the "school of futurism" I have a few predictions for the next 5 years. Is it bold and egotistical to publish these predictions? Obviously. But I'm feeling lucky and it's Monday.

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Matt Stanhope @mattstanhope7.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Positive affirmation suggestion: when you wake up in the morning, allow your eyes to open completely. Then, in a grating whisper, hiss the words “I AM REBORN”

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Therese Fessenden @tbfess.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

The nonlinearity of grief (a thread) It was (just barely) warm enough today to bring my laptop outside to work. It's not the first time I've worked outside this year, but today it was v windy, and all sorts of objects were flapping in the wind (bear with me, this detail matters). (1/9)

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Therese Fessenden @tbfess.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Important: clickens.chicken.pics/humble/30/1

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Therese Fessenden @tbfess.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

This week, my son pointed at a $10 bill and said, "Mama!" How's your week going?

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Therese Fessenden @tbfess.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Interesting seeing the angry reactions to AI-gen memes of Americans doing work typically done in non-US sweatshops. It's as if people have forgotten we've been exploiting humans for decades (even w/in the US) & only care now because it looks like their neighbor, Bill. futurism.com/china-mockin...

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China Creates Mocking AI Video of Average Americans Working in Garment Factory

As Donald Trump drags the US economy into the gutter, Chinese netizens are poking fun at the reversal of fortunes his policy represents.

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