iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Mei 🪽 @meidotwav.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.

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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 07/10/2026

The main takeaway from this year’s #Disinfo2026 conference will be about Streisand effect.

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Phil PlAIt @philplait.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Also, wear a mask. Remember during early COVID when an entire strain of influenza went extinct? That was due in part to masking. I still wear mine whenever I'm out shopping.

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David Keegan @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Here is a screenshot of the covid waste water. Everyone should wear an N95 respirator mask at all times indoors, and in crowds outside. Demand air filtration and ventilation at schools and work. Get vaccinated. covid-tracker.chi-csm.ca

Graph of Calgary’s covid wastewater, showing a clear surge from mid July to now (early October).
Details at https://covid-tracker.chi-csm.ca/

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 06/10/2026

NEW: The contrasting colors in NGC 7129 show differences in temperatures detected by #NASAWebb. The gold cavity at the left is hottest due to the central star and other embedded stars. The clumpy, red matter is colder and represents jets from less mature protostars: news.stsci.edu/3U8T7Bz 🔭

$A young star cluster filled with many stars that display the Webb Telescope’s unique eight-pronged diffraction pattern. At its center is a yellow star, which sports the largest diffraction pattern. To the left of the star, there is a region filled with yellow dust and gas that extends from the star to the left border. This yellow region extends from the bottom, covering about two-thirds of the image. The yellow region has several blue stars of different sizes embedded within. The top third, which lies outside of the yellow region, holds a few bright protostars, within dense gray gas. Those stars illuminate the gas, making it appear blue. A few red outflows from other protostars are visible above this grayish-blue region. To the right of the central star, there is a clumpy, flame-like plume of red dust and gas with protostars that emit a soft white light within. The plume is surrounded by more dense gray gas and dust. There are several background galaxies strewn throughout the image/$

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Corey Tomsons @tomsons.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Seeing electoral parallels in Canada and Latvia. “While quite seismic, a plausible interpretation of the results is not that there has been any major shift in attitudes across Latvia, but simply that voters strong on Latvian defence have coalesced around a leader with firm messaging.”

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.

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Corey Tomsons @tomsons.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“There will also be recipes.”

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

September 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day. Today is a time to raise awareness of the ongoing impacts of residential schools and remember the children who never came home. How are you honouring the day?

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aslynn is just a ghoul 👻 @aslynnromano.com · 09/11/2024

Additional scripts for cis het white men who want to be better allies: “What a weird thing to say” “Do you hear yourself right now?” “You shouldn’t say shit like that to people” “I won’t let you talk to them that way” “That’s a disgusting opinion to have” “Shut the fuck up, dude”

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Lydia @lunapuella.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

My husband and his friends realised they thought they were good guys but still made like, ironic-sexist jokes. They introduced the 'sexism snake' where wherever one of them made a sexist comment or joke, the others would just start hissing. Didn't need to get into an argument about it, just hissing.

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you are a graduate student in the humanities (construed as broadly as possible), what is the MOST EXCITING book published in the last five years to you? Please repost if you’re not a graduate student!

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

context. sentiment. inferences. People seriously cannot do these things anymore. That’s why they angrily demand you spell out every joke, every reference, super duper promise you mean something only this one prescribed way. They cannot do it for themselves or tolerate the any ambiguity.

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I kinda get why people hate on fussy philosophical stuff, but on the other hand don't you think we live in a time where it'd be especially helpful to have rigorous conversations about things like personhood, meaning in life, the point of art, the point of pure mathematics, & operationalizing ethics?

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Ed Maibach @handle.invalid · 25/09/2026

Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social

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Happy Stanislav Petrov Day

Take five minutes to not destroy civilization

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Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Our drone detectors – a tool that any journalist heading near the front line now needs to be trained to use – were beginning to beep warning sounds ... As we sprinted away from Kramatorsk, the number of beeps from the drone detectors grew into a cacophony." www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

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In the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, drones rule the skies and everything below

The last Ukrainian-controlled corner of Donbas has become a focus for both sides

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World Health Network @thewhn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Prior infection doesn’t guarantee protection from getting COVID again. Reinfections can happen, and every new infection is another opportunity to develop Long COVID. Reducing the number of times we’re infected still matters. #COVID #COVID19 #LongCOVID #CovidIsNotOver #CleanAir

World Health Network graphic on a black background with white and bright pink text. Large headline reads: “More exposure doesn’t equal better protection.” Supporting text reads: “Getting COVID doesn’t protect you from getting it again. Repeated COVID infections create repeated opportunities for developing Long COVID.” The top includes “whn.global” and the World Health Network tagline, “Science for a safer, healthier world.”

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Have you ever tried to read a scientific journal article and been told “you don’t have access, pay to download this article?” Did you know that the author of that article gets $0 if you pay? Instead, you can email the author and ask for a free copy! I’d be delighted to help and answer questions!

Screenshot of a scientific journal paywall

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Corey S. Powell @coreyspowell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

There's a lot we still don't know about how the Moon formed, but new computer simulations show that the Moon might have come together in just a *few hours*. Which makes me feel really unproductive today. 🧪🔭 www.swri.org/newsroom/pre...

Final state of three identical Moon-forming simulations with different initial temperature profiles, from cold to hot: Tsurf ≈ 400 K (top row), Tsurf ≈ 800 K (middle row), and Tsurf ≈ 2000 K (bottom row), with strength included, shown at t = 0.5, 5, 12, and 24 hr. Colors represent temperature (see color bar).

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C @spiffyscientist.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I won’t lie, it’s a bit overwhelming to see the work hyperbolized by many press outlets, including the university. We did not discover a new organ, or that you have two consciousnesses, etc! I’m excited for the general positive recognition, (especially the coverage from the Chronicle by Jack Lee)

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The brain is a single organ. But it may not start that way, study suggests

A Stanford-led study challenges the idea that the brain develops from one common pool of early cells — and could help researchers model diseases such as ALS.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 21/09/2026

There's such stressful oversupply of words right now; this horrific tsunami of thought-shaped dead word bodies belched out of methane-fuelled computer buildings. It's so gross. But it also makes me think hard about every word and sentence I write. It kills me to think I could commit the same crime.

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 19/09/2026

Some of you may know that my grandfather was fired from his job as a school teacher in Philadelphia because he was a communist and wouldn't name names. So he sued the school district, it went to the Supreme Court, he lost ultimately. I just found some of his typewritten briefs. What a find!

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Dr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

“Air sampling at four US airports in 2023 and 2024 detected SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in over 98% of samples and influenza A in over 17%, according to a study published in PLOS Global Public Health” www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/air...

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Airport air sampling captures COVID, influenza viruses

Researchers say air monitoring complements wastewater testing in detecting respiratory pathogens from diverse populations, including asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic people.

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Corey Tomsons @tomsons.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Case law has the drama. CANLII’s collection of judicial decisions is a place to start, but faculty (and law librarians!) at the UCalgary law school would probably welcome a conversation with you.

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Corey Tomsons @tomsons.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Provinces have jurisdiction over wills and estates. Some have good public legal education resources that might be able to help you work through estate planning. Here is an example from Ontario. stepstojustice.ca/steps/wills-...

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2. Choose an estate trustee - Steps to Justice

The property you own when you die is called your estate. The person who deals with your property after you die and carries out the instructions in your

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Corey Tomsons @tomsons.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The short answer is yes, an executor can be a beneficiary. This can happen when executors are spouses who are also beneficiaries.

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Ernie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · 15/09/2026

Good news or bad news depending on your POV: Usenet archives is suddenly easy to dig through, thanks to a new service. It’s built by a big data guy, and it’s packed with every awkward thing you ever wrote in a newsgroup 26 years ago. My deep dive: tedium.co/2026/09/14/u... new @tedium.co

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Usenet’s Back, Baby. (This Time, The Search Works.)

Usenet-Rewind, a new tool for digging into Usenet history, holds much potential for researchers. But seeing your old posts on Usenet is gonna feel weird.

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Patrick Leblond (he/il) @prleblond.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A geopolitical sales pitch for Canada in a world of weaponized trade: “In a world of increasingly weaponized trade, Canada can be a haven, an insurance policy, a bridge to produce and move goods and services between Asia and Europe.” statecraft.org/wp-content/u...

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Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Canadian COVID Forecast Sep 12 - Sep 25, 2026 CANADA MODERATE [no change] About 1 of every 158 people is infected. Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada: -Infections: 3.9 x higher -Long COVID: 2.9 x higher -Hospitalizations: 4.2 x higher -Deaths: 3.9 x higher

This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Sep 12 - Sep 25, 2026, which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. Canada’s COVID Forecast outlook is MODERATE [no change] with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 4.0

About 1 of every 158 people is infected.

Estimated infections this week: 151,700-309,800
What these numbers mean: MODERATE 1-5, HIGH 5-10, VERY HIGH 10-15, SEVERE >15 COMPARED TO THE LOWEST POINT IN THE COVID PANDEMIC IN CANADA
How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada?
Waste water, infections: MODERATE; 3.9X higher
Long COVID: MODERATE; 2.9X higher
Hospitalizations: MODERATE; 4.2X higher
Deaths: MODERATE; 3.9X higher
HOW TO HELP:
EVERYONE:
UPDATE vaccines every 6 months
WEAR N95-type masks

Who is HIGH RISK?
People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant
ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months

Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit
COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca

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Eric Dyck @ericdyck.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Must-read speculative fiction from @premeemohamed.com in this week’s @forwardcanada.bsky.social Alberta newsletter. Illustrations by me. Devastatingly good. Go read it now. forwardweekly.ca/leave-or-rem...

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Leave or Remain | By Premee Mohamed | Forward Weekly

Forward Weekly feature for September 6, 2026.

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Corey Tomsons @tomsons.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Fictional David Attenborough: “Here we see the oblivious plumage of a taunt of Americans.” #NewCollectiveNoun

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Chinook salmon have recolonised 88% of their historic range on the Klamath River, with more than 13,000 fish passing the old Iron Gate Dam site in 2025, up from 7,700 the year before. Two years after the dams’ removal, it’s going better than anyone predicted. buff.ly/pToC9gB #ShareGoodNewsToo

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Rewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Rewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land.

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

If you choose to post screen shots from eXTwitter or elsewhere, please use alt text to describe key points or images. Then screen readers can tell visually impaired people what's going on and Bluesky filters can apply muted words lists for people choosing not to see whatever that content might be.

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I get lots of “I have theories” emails but virtually no “I have a groundbreaking experiment / observation” emails.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

On this day in 1966, Star Trek debuted in Canada, two days before it aired anywhere else. Canadian stations often aired American programs early since Canadians could pick up American transmissions directly and this avoided competing for viewers and ad revenue. 📸 NBC

Spock (Leonard Nimoy) Kirk (William Shatner) and Scotty (James Doohan) stand in a spaceship corridor, aiming handheld weapons toward the viewer in a tense, ready‑for‑action pose.

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Denise Balkissoon @balkissoon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

For the Star, I wrote about Dolly Parton, Gloria Steinem and all the wise women that show us how to survive tough times, stand up for others and dismiss fools. To mourn and celebrate them, sign up to be a badass old lady, emphasis and pride on 👵🏾👵🏾👵🏾👵🏾👵🏾! www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

A photo of Gloria Steinem with a raised fist

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Dave Kellett @davekellett.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Bluesky pals! I have a sci-fi graphic novel called DRIVE, & it's my favorite thing I've ever done! If you need a long, escapist read at the moment the entire thing is free to read, here: drivecomic.com (THIS PAGE: It's Going to be a Brawl)

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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Corey Tomsons @tomsons.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This headline paints a Venn diagram of current international relations and urban advocacy.

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Corey Tomsons @tomsons.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Best wishes for a quick recovery.

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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Here is my letter to the MacDonald Laurier Institute on the subject of their appalling research. Use as you will. I recommend sending something of your own, though. And if you know anyone associated with MLI - and Board directors, say - send it to them, too.

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Alex Usher email to Brian Lee Crowley

(text of an email sent to Brian Lee Crowley of the MacDonald Laurier Institute on September 2, 2026) Dear Brian, I am writing to you and your board with respect to the publication “The equity excelle...

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 02/09/2026

Trade xkcd.com/3290/

Comic. [Person standing holding hammer above raised knee.] PERSON: Listen up, leg. I’ve been sending you rich, oxygenated blood for years, while you send me worthless used-up blood with no oxygen. Time to teach you a lesson about not ripping me off! [caption] Tariffs

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