iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10/09/2026

You know, when you find out that the art you like is made by people you've learned hold views you find wholly repugnant, I don't think you need to disavow ever having enjoyed the art. It's okay to acknowledge you liked or loved that art, but are now putting it aside. That was then, this is now.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 08/09/2026

Handedness xkcd.com/3293/

Comic. [Two people considering diagrams on whiteboard] PERSON 1 with ponytail: The W bosons produced by the collider beam will mostly be left-handed. PERSON 2: So we should send in a *right*-handed batter.

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Alex @theteapartyfan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

My best friend passed in May and I’m not sure when I will be ok. Keep the joking up. That is good for both of you 🙂

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Alex @theteapartyfan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

My favorite pastime 🤭🤭🤭🤭

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Alex @theteapartyfan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Same here…says a lot about

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Alex @theteapartyfan.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Yeah it’s just unruly…I get lost 🌪️

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Phil PlAIt @philplait.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Randall understands astronomy and sky gazing *really* well. xkcd.com/3287/

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Perseids

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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 04/04/2025

It's officially #Friday: Committing and pushing directly to main...my weekend plans, of course. 😂 👩‍💻 #RLadies #RStats #GitHub

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🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The narrativising of this is kind of maddening. OpenAI's model didn't "break free and hack HuggingFace." Meta's model didn't "break free and hack another company." Tech companies are blatantly doing illegal acts and saying their AI did it on it's own as a promotional stunt. That's it.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 03/08/2026

Super useful. I figure a lot of us here in the Sky know this stuff already, but it might be handy to hand to parents, grandparents and pals who are less technically minded. www.librarian.net/NoToAI/

librarian.net

How to disable or avoid intrusive AI – librarian.net

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 24/07/2026

Yes, all of this. Use your library! It's an unmitigated good in the world!

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Alex @theteapartyfan.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

At a packed bar in London, ON, watching the Canada game…swelling with Canadian pride. #WorldCup

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Alex @theteapartyfan.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Lol my god that’s eerily accurate 😜

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Alex @theteapartyfan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

So frustrating when drs don’t listen to the person who knows the most about your body 😔

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Alex @theteapartyfan.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Looks like you’re in for the rest of the day 😁

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Alex @theteapartyfan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

@slessard.bsky.social hey Fonz what do you think of Polyphia?

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Alex @theteapartyfan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I’d read this!! Hell, I’d buy the hardcover 📚🤓

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 25/06/2026

This is a devastating piece on how awful it is to die of heat stroke. Share it with the air conditioning skeptics you know. I would LOVE to see someone with actual medical knowledge - so, not me - do a brutal piece like this from the perspective of an elderly disabled person dying without AC.

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What It Feels Like When You Have Heatstroke—and How to Prevent It

Your head is pounding, your muscles are cramping, and your heart is racing. Then you get dizzy and the vomiting starts. Heatstroke kills thousands of people every year. This is what it feels like—and ...

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Alex @theteapartyfan.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I was supervising building a bbq and I was a tad dehydrated and didn’t pay attention to my body yelling at me and ended up passing out and needing an ambulance on a hot ass day

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 18/06/2026

Break them

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Alex @theteapartyfan.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Omg that’s so wrong…sigh.

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Alex @theteapartyfan.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I agree wholeheartedly. And I’m fortunate that my local gvt uses texts too. But we need a better system that should be consistent

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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 18/05/2026

Its a hard year for 501c3s, donations are way down. R study on papillomavirus is the first of its kind & critically important to understanding how these animals shed full size tumors with no scarring & no adverse effects on their reproductive capabilities Please donate tonight gofund.me/b0a0728d6

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Donate to please support our research at ALTYNP, organized by Ominous Ann

Having found a research project here in the park, now its up to me to find funding. … Ominous Ann needs your support for please support our research at ALTYNP

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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Anyways, happy May Day. Remember that not a single right has ever been given, they must always be fought for

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 27/04/2026

In case you're wondering, my recipe for a Good Bluesky Experience here at the three year mark: 1. Decide not to be a dick 2. "Don't engage, just block" for trolls/bots/chuds 3. Mute stressful nouns 4. Follow super cool people of all sorts 5. Choose to have fun over "engagement" 6. Pictures of cats!

Saja the cat, laying on the bed, looking up at the camera

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

1. I started the Editorial Board almost eight years ago, because I was frustrated by the existing space for political commentary.

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I worked hard to become a writer. And I enjoy being a writer. I'm not here to let techbro robots take that shit away from me.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 01/04/2026

It’s never too late to start supporting independent bookstores instead of, you know, other places. 😌

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Alex @theteapartyfan.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Agreed! But not in it enough

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Alex @theteapartyfan.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I really only liked Hercules for Bruce! 😋 Loved Xena.

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Sheila Scarborough @theseafarer.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I always vote early. I pick a convenient day, & give myself time to review a sample ballot online first. Too many Election Day horror stories (esp. long lines) here in Texas for me to trust that day-of option. If there's bad weather or some kind of glitch during early voting, I still have ... 1/2

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 17/02/2026

I don't post on Substack because I already have my own site where I post stuff, and have done for 27 years, and because Substack makes a lot of money off Nazis and fascists and I'd really rather not, thanks. I do have an account there but it's to secure my name. It has a cat photo.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

They are jailing kids. No due process. No concern for their welfare. Just snatching them and jailing them. I don’t expect people to remember this five years from now, but we should. We should remember when the government commits evil.

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