iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026

Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

impeach hegseth should be on the list day one it is not even debatable tbh

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John J Rain @tenderleaf.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Neighborhood Aster, full bloom in the lightest of lilac-pink

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"In other words, the people who are the most 'polarized' in the U.S. electorate are those who are racist and sexist, and those who oppose racists and sexists."

Screenshot of article which reads: These numbers are relatively similar between Democrats and Repub-
licans, which often leads political pundits to claim this is more evidence
of “polarization,” and that both sides are equally to blame. However,
a closer look tells a more interesting story. The people who are most
likely to vilify and dehumanize their partisan opponents are Republicans
who are high in racism and sexism and Democrats who oppose racism
and sexism. The people who are least likely to vilify and dehumanize
their political opponents are Republicans who are low in racism and sex-
ism. One explanation for these patterns is that those Republicans who
are racist and sexist vilify and dehumanize Democrats because they see
the Democratic Party as a party of racial minorities and women; and
Democrats who score low in racism and sexism will vilify and dehu-
manize Republicans because they consider Republicans to be racist and
sexist. In other words, the people who are the most “polarized” in the
U.S. electorate are those who are racist and sexist, and those who op-
pose racists and sexists.

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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

just secured my first round of funding for my startup! it's called OMELAS. Its goal is to make Omelas in real life

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John J Rain @tenderleaf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Shit who hit the ‘Fall’ button

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Nick @nickwidzowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It’s like Skynet decided to cross Thomas Kinkade and Lisa Frank

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John J Rain @tenderleaf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

One of the central plants of my front yard, a Mt. Etna Broom, was so ugly and lopsided even after 10+ years of training and pruning -- I took it out this Spring, hearing it rarely resprouts. Welp. Mine did. Maybe better form this time?

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Maybe Trump thinks that if he puts his name on enough buildings people will forget how many times his name is in the Epstein files.

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John J Rain @tenderleaf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Had a stressful day of a stressful week at work - but these Colchicum were glowing for me

Sundappled mauve Colchicum, a very bright spot of sun hitting the center of one, causing it to appear to be lit

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because it always coincides with their own desires. - Susan B. Anthony

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

bro all your borogoves are mimsy rn

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

rollingstone.com

Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/08/2026

This is truly heartbreaking. Dolly Parton was an extraordinary person and an irreplaceable champion of the working class. We are a better country because of her.

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around.

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John J Rain @tenderleaf.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Top Shelf margaritas and Taco Time crisp bean burritos

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Brett Meiselas @bmeiselas.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

lots of reporters suddenly worried about slipping into communism but strangely f*cking quiet about slipping into fascism

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John J Rain @tenderleaf.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Blooming now, bubblegum pink Fuchsia

Close up of bubblegum pink fuchsia flowers

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/07/2026

Dem consultants who believe that "kitchen table issues" -- material self-interest -- can sway right-wing voters should take note of the fact that many of those voters are willing to directly harm themselves in service of their deranged ideological hatreds.

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 18/06/2026

What if it happens during pride weekend?

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The fact that most of the wealthiest people in the world are awful illustrates that the key requirement for extreme, obscene wealth isn’t “genius.” It’s shamelessness/ruthlessness.

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The International Ministry of Queer Commies @mnstryfqrcmms.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

AI IS STUPID. And I don't mean this in the "that's just my opinion" way, I mean this in the "it is incorrect more than 40% of the time" way. That's an F grade btw, in case it isn't sinking in for you.

Letter grade/grade point/percentage chart

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

guy has a trillion dollars, 0 friends, and has never landed a joke. I know a pact with the devil when I see one.

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Morgan @larubia22.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Screwworms eradicated in the US in 1966. Measles eradicated in the US in 2000. Both are back because of this science denying administration.

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Historian of abolition here, history tells us how we got here, to put it succinctly “John Brown was hanged for treason and Robert E. Lee was not.”

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

"not my circus, not my monkeys" exactly what a ringmaster in denial would say tbh

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Theoderic @theoderic.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I will never forgive or forget the cowardice of wealthy, powerful, safe people during this period. Yes, it’s a constant across history, in all periods of authoritarian ascent. But there is no reason — today — to bow to a historically unpopular, failing president.

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orangejuliusesq.bsky.social @orangejuliusesq.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

people fucking died for the voting rights act. to wave it away with a magic wand is just so grotesque

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

One of the most clarifying passages I've ever read on what "polarization" actually means in the U.S."

Excerpt from the book How Democracies Die.

"America's democratic norms, then, were born in a context of exclusion. As long as the political community was restricted largely to whites, Democrats and Republicans had much in common. Neither party was likely to view the other as an existential threat. The process of racial inclusion that began after World War II and culminated in the 1964 Civil Rights Act and 1965 Voting Rights Act would, at long last, fully democratization the United States. But it would also polarized it, posing the greatest challenge to established forms of mutual tolerating and forbearance since Reconstruction."

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Color of Seattle @colorofseattle.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

The color of the sky in Seattle is cornflower blue #4b92fe

2026-04-24 20:55:01 #4b92fe cornflower blue

2026-04-24 20:55:01 #4b92fe cornflower blue | [#4b92fe - 83%] [#457eed - 17%]

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 26/03/2026

The entire idea of white guilt as a right radicalizing force was a projection built on the idea that there was an imagined social pressure being placed on white people to feel guilt & responsibility for the sins of their ancestors & their solution was to let a whole new set of white guys ruin things

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John J Rain @tenderleaf.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Why can’t any spellcheck recognize botanical Latin it’s driving me up a wall

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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

So if AI Psychosis is a thing that happens because the human mind breaks when it's trapped by a sycophant who affirms every thought, agrees with every delusion - does this give us a window into what's been happening into the ultra rich , and why they're such broken people?

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John J Rain @tenderleaf.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Narcissus ‘Barrett Browning’, an incredibly vivid and early orange

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Terre-Strial @terre-strial.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Spotted in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

If we don’t build housing to solve homelessness, we don’t really want to solve homelessness. #UrbanTruth

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Every major disaster in this country over my lifetime has been self inflicted by right wing ideologues with just enough complicit or inert Democrats to enable or ratify them. That's why we've been on this doom trajectory for the last ~50 years and it'll keep getting worse if that doesn't change

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John J Rain @tenderleaf.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Crocus tommasinianus, my garden

Flawless petals of a bicolor crocus; three silvery lavender-white outer petals surrounding pinky purple inner three petals.

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

If our "environmental protection" frameworks can stop an affordable housing project but can't stop a detention center or a highway expansion we really need to start talk about ripping things up root and branch.

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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."

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John J Rain @tenderleaf.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Working in the garden to avoid all that

Crossing black and aqua hoses with a pair of hot pink scissors fallen between

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John J Rain @tenderleaf.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Saw this espalier Camellia on my walk — I love the exposed golden center

Medium pink double camellia with golden stamens

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