iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

the social/political moment is such that I can finally admit a deeply shameful secret I've carried for years: I still like the song "Thrift Shop"

000

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

my cat when I run the vacuum, or a doorbell rings on the TV show I'm watching

000

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

copilot: "want me to turn your clear, two-sentence email into 500 words of jargon that'll inspire your co-workers to create an Outlook rule that automatically moves your messages to the 'Other' folder?"

010

Reposted by TB

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026

macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.

795166563671

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

who's the best TV character of the year and why is it Patricia?

010

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

throwback to the last time I got to stay on the shores of the beautiful (then, now and forever) Lake ONTARIO. HOMES for life.

sunset pic of the beautiful Lake Ontario, which is then, now and always going to be the name of this Great Lake

010

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

but why did this make me tear up a little

030

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I know Facebook/Meta are pure, hot garbage but even still, it's weird that this morning, in particular, my feed is being flooded w/ follow suggestions for far-right/anti-trans/hate accounts, even though my search/engagement/posting history in no way should direct the algorithm to deliver that crap

000

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

"These professional, adult athletes won't even agree to play against children! Checkmate, libs!"

010

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

maybe I'm confused about the intended role of a president, but why is so much of his time, energy and OUR resources being put into redesigning stuff?

7291

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

i've been (really) slow to update my iOS b/c everyone complains about it. Broke down this morning and finally caved. Liquid Glass?

static.klipy.com

Seinfeld Elaine

ALT: Seinfeld Elaine

000

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

i'm a little hung up on him saying that it won't last beyond the really hot months (false) and that august and September aren't hot months (also very false)

150

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

oh wait -- they meant this as a brag?

010

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

it's weird that reddit seemingly solved (at least part of the) cyclosporia outbreak before the CDC and FDA, right? like, that's not really the way it's supposed to work, is it?

000

Reposted by TB

The USA Singers @theusasingers.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

We’re never going to live on Mars. We’re never going to live on the Moon. There is no Planet B. We need to take care of our magical mystical miraculous planet like it’s the only home we will ever have. Because it is.

489137973085

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

No mention of the budget cuts instituted on July 1, 2025, to FoodNet, a federal program that specifically funded tracking infectious outbreaks from food-borne illnesses like cyclospora?!? (It used to track 8 different pathogens and now only has mandatory tracking for salmonella and E. coli)

2364

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

but to be fair, the air also is poison, so maybe we need a 2026 reissue

040

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Democratic candidates -- ESPECIALLY in Mich. -- need to leverage this💩 🥬 outbreak to help disengaged voters to understand how/why politics/voting impacts their daily lives. Things like food safety & public health infrastructure matter & they require politicians who commit to funding them.

000

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

between the poop lettuce and ash falling from the sky, Michigan is having a pretty memorable summer

000

Reposted by TB

state song thread guy @statesongxprt.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

i had no idea this would become so literal

tweet https://x.com/patdubois/status/1590006089541914624?lang=en
from @patdubois
reads "as a Canadian, this is how it feels watching American elections these days"
along with an image reading 50.1% "Everyone Gets A Puppy" vs 49.9% "Diarrhea Forever"

105108632327

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

uh huh, that's a shame sir. can we please have, like, $20 allocated to the budget for the people who figure out how to keep our lettuce from making us explosively ill?

040

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

In the midst of a multistate cyclospora outbreak, reminder that the CDC last year scaled back a program that monitored, among other things, cyclospora. There's money to pay for pools, ballrooms, bombs, ICE, etc. but no money to fund our most basic food safety? www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

nbcnews.com

The CDC quietly scaled back a surveillance program for foodborne illnesses

As of July 1, a critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight.

011

Reposted by TB

Audrey Farnsworth @audipenny.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

America keeps trying to get me to go to her birthday party and I’m like no girl u need to go to the hospital

85204095087

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

look, I love ranch dressing too but I'd like to think we offer a bit more than this

020

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

modern country music is essentially 90% lists of nostalgic (or otherwise non-threatening) nouns (cherry-red ragtop, lemonade stand, rope swing) and 10% tepid barbs thrown at New York City

000

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

didn't democrats learn from the failures of 2024 that no one likes celebrity endorsements? (rhetorical, obviously)

000

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

again with the ballroom 🙄

000

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

fitting that the first headline I see on here after posting that is about how we all just paid for Sean Duffy to go on a SEVEN-month road trip with his family while most Americans can't afford to drive to the next town over

000

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

living in America in 2026 is just being in a state of constantly getting ripped off

100

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

That's a great question -- and I'm glad you're trying to get to the root of the issue. Here's an additional 1,000 words of empty flattery and corporate-sounding jargon.

000

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Thanks to the Pistons for the first piece of national news in 2026 that doesn't give me hives

030

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

timeless movie, timeless quote

000

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

What's that saying about people from Boston? They may not always be "nice," but you can count on them to be kind; especially when it really matters. This story doesn't surprise me at all.

010

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

That movie is so fucking fun. We watched it twice this year and I already want to watch it again

000

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I subscribed to the Onion last month and my tote bag is the envy of discerning journalism scholars everywhere 🧐

020

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

My new electric toothbrush (it was a gift) wants me to download an app and enable Bluetooth. A toothbrush. I don’t need to “engage” with my toothbrush.

000

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Back in the beautiful Midwest?

000

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Also, Tim Meadows is a treasure

000

TB @tboot24.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Me and fall warblers (and gulls) (and most shorebirds….) (….and a lot of ducks)

110