iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 8h

My favorite R.E.M. album, Automatic For the People, came out 34 years ago today. (New Adventures in Hi-Fi is a VERY CLOSE 2nd) Fun Fact: For my weekly political talk show at KUGS-FM in Bellingham (The Democratic Circus), my theme music was the intro to Ignoreland. youtu.be/Wa_Y7cE61sw?...

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Ignoreland

YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 9h

Our writing program schedules a week of student conferences for each major project. Student conferences can be intense and tiring but I’m considering not leaving feedback on drafts and they can come discuss their drafts w/me in person if they want feedback.

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 10h

North by Northwest is one of my favorite movies, and my favorite Hitchcock (I know!) because of her.

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 11h

Do you think TN is really bad at the death penalty or someone is purposefully doing it wrong (like the nurse who stole fentanyl and replaced it with saline at the Yale fertility clinic).

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 11h

I’m reading Yangsze Choo’s The Fox Wife and the descriptions of male shapeshifting foxes remind me a lot of a guy I know from undergrad… if he is actually a shapeshifting fox that would explain a lot.

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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 11h

BREAKING: Christa Pike is now awake and talking, per her attorneys:

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dan solomon @dansolomon.com · 11h

every single part of this situation remains just completely baffling and nonsensical and so thoroughly, thoroughly dishonest and cruel

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Drew Morton @damorton.bsky.social · 11h

RIP Eva Marie Saint

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 15h

About to take my CW class to see Yangsze Choo and I’m excited because I love her

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Michael Yarbrough (he/him) @mwyarbrough.bsky.social · 16h

And don't underestimate the extent to which this is an erotic experience for them, a deeply charged feeling of pleasurable release. That's key to the intensity of their attachment.

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 17h

The polarization b/t students b/t "i'm going to use AI no matter what you say b/c the WORLD is going toward AI and the FUTURE is AI and you're a luddite," and "AI is cringe and I want to use my own brain that I'm paying $15k+/year to strengthen" is dramatic/astonishing

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Patrick M. Hausen @sweordbora.hausen.com · 05/10/2026

Why does everyone take for granted that Sam Altman is a relevant part of humanity's future?

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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 06/10/2026

Same with trans men.

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Carleen Tibbetts @carleentibbetts.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Can’t do another plague. Can’t homeschool my kid again. Quarantine Russia. All of it.

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Zooey Wants to Enjoy Halloween for the First Time Ever @zooey.northsky.social · 05/10/2026

I HAVE TO SEE HARRY POTTER SHIT AT EVERY FUCKING STORE I WORK AT. IT'S ON MAKEUP, IT'S ON TOOTHBRUSHES. COFFEE CREAMER. IT'S ON EVERY CRACKER OR COOKIE THAT GETS SOLD. IT'S EVERYWHERE. SHITTY HACK ARTISTS - YOU DON'T NEED MALFOID TO LIVE. WE NEED YOU TO NOT, SO THAT WE CAN.

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Years ago, Field Notes brand notebooks sent out branded blue books to subscribers as a “fun” freebie. When I opened the package I immediately started panicking.

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I like this hopefulness, but I'm scared that the "general public" sees things differently. I mean, not voting for Harris due to the price of eggs after forcibly refusing Trump in 2020 was not where I saw things going. The media/social media landscape is fucked to a degree that it wasn't in 1974.

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Marie @mariecloutier.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

tfw you're writing a chapter & the main character is really a pos but it's a memoir so you have to be nice.

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Anakana Schofield @anakanaschofield.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Next Jan I will be doing some events in the US. Libraries/Universities/Creative Writing teachers reach out to invite me 22seriousladies@gmail.com let's see if I am going to be in your area & can read or give a talk. Library of Brothel (NYRB) is a labour/housing crisis novel. V funny & relevant

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Charles Jensen @charlesjensen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I’m so proud of my colleagues on the Freedom to Read team for their amazing work on this ❤️

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There is no such thing as a neutral AI product And if you are trusting them with your writing... I don't even know what to say to you anymore www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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AI altering meaning of users’ drafts on issues from abortion to climate, study finds

Researchers say small changes in drafting could spread rapidly and create long-term shifts in public opinion

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If Mohela is going to give me a heart attack every year with their recalculated payments, I think they should consult with my health insurance. Blue Cross Blue Shield, please sue Mohela for raising your costs.

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Bluesky isn’t about popularity, it’s about gathering all 17 William Morris lovers together in a single online location!

William Morris giving you leaves and flowers like a boss!

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Editor: so, all of these men are in love with the same woman? Bram Stoker: err, yes, sure, I mean, yes, not each other tho, to be clear Editor: and how do they save her? Bram Stoker: they fill her with their combined blood like some kind of hemoglorgy Editor: Bram Stoker: for medical reasons...

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I did some grading, reading, and video game playing today and I think that’s enough for one day

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blackle mori @blackle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

the more unfinished projects you have the better. the bigger your graveyard the more strange zombies you can sew together from the body parts. do not feel self-conscious about it. just keep making.

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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I'd love to see the rise of reverse culture wars where we ban fraternities instead of drag shows and make online watch lists of rapist/ abuser/racist professors.

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Mimi G @mimig1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

That’s why it’s so fucking dangerous…remember, computers are only as good as their programmers. Full stop.

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Leanne C. Powner @leannecpowner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Is your dissertation getting you down? Feel like you don't know where to start or what to write? We're talking dissertation writing this month in the Department Lounge. I've got videos coming up on the intro, conclusion, lit review, and discussion chapter, plus a blog of great resources, writing

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Finally got my classes for next semester down to 2 preps at 1 school and 1 at the other. I can't do more than 3 preps and maintain any kind of mental health. I'm also supposed to defend and graduate next semester (fingers crossed) and I cannot teach 4 preps and do that. That's too much even for me.

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

People are cracking / falling apart all around me

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Olivia Rodrigo has a concert in DC tonight & the streets are full of pre-teen and teenage girls wearing tiaras and sparkly pink dresses and bows in their hair and they are SO happy & soon they’ll all be old enough to vote.

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I’m reading bell hooks’s All About Love now, which I had thought I’d read before but apparently not. ATM, she’s talking about how ubiquitous lying is in our culture. This was published in 2000. She died right after Biden was elected, not living to see the second Trump presidency.

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"Environmental humanists have the tools to construct viable histories of the future designed to address lived injustice in place and time and through them to catalyze restorative social circumstances & more sustainable practices & processes." - Kent Curtis niche-canada.org/2021/04/06/h... #envhum

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Histories of the Future: Urban Microfarming as an Elegant Solution for a Just and Sustainable World

This post by Kent Curtis is the seventh post in a series on Environmental Histories of the Future, in which scholars from the environmental humanities explore how people in the past imagined and craft...

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Judge Baker @judgebaker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The only thing saving our country is that Republicans are so indescribably incompetent. Imagine if they were even a tiny bit good at their job jobs. We would be living in absolute hell

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secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

33 US states ban beating children in PUBLIC schools. BUT - only 5 US states make it illegal for PRIVATE schools to beat children. You can set up a literal child abuse factory - and get government subsidies to do it. America is a backwards, barbaric country. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_...

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School corporal punishment in the United States - Wikipedia

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“In Arkansas, all it took to establish a school was filling out a form on a state website, $45 and the purchase of an American flag.”

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Zine Libraries @zinelibraries.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Register now for the 2026 Zine Librarian unConference! Enjoy sessions like “Teaching with Zines” at 8:30 a.m. PT on Nov. 7. More info, including registration, at the links in our bio.

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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SHARP News @sharpnews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

📢 OPPORTUNITY WITH SHARP NEWS We are looking for TWO PEOPLE to take responsibility of the SHARP News Book Reviews section for a 3-year term starting in 2027. See the full call for applicants: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20... #BookHistory #BookReviews

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I finished all my conference papers and R&Rs that were all due this month. 😈 hmm I’m bored maybe I should start something new 😇 you need to grad papers, do that other PR, and turn in your friggin diss proposal! 😈 hmm no none of that sounds like fun

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Patrick Star's Donut Dilemma in Spongebob Squarepants

Alt: Patrick Star's Donut Dilemma in Spongebob Squarepants

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