iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wind and solar supplied 33% of EU electricity in the 12 months to August 2026, against 29% from fossil. In 2016 it was 13% and 43%.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 26/09/2026

"Ever wonder why women over fifty become invisible? It’s not because society no longer values them; it’s because they’ve changed into superior lizard beings who can smell misogyny and then wedge themselves into a tight crevice until the threat passes." buff.ly/F8vQT1N

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I Can’t Wait Until I Turn Fifty and Morph into a Lizard Person

“Ever wonder why women over fifty become invisible? It’s not because society no longer values them; it’s because they’ve changed into superior lizard beings ...

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Micah @rincewind.run · 13/08/2026

Q. Does Reacher believe in due process? A. As an angry and enormous justice hobo, Reacher believes that evil needs to be punched repeatedly in the face until it goes away. It is very cathartic, but not necessarily the sort of thing that fits within the American justice system.

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Massachusettes "Millionaires Tax", which was targeted to fund transportation and education, has been a resounding success. It has funded FREE school lunch for ALL students, FREE buses in lowest income communities (people can get to work, etc.), and FREE community college. And "exodus" was minimal.

boston.com

Millionaires tax surges past expectations, once again

The voter-approved surtax has sailed past its $2 billion estimate for another year in a row.

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T Fitz @tphlair.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I have a problem that I'm coming to this from an engineering background but this is making me want to slam my head against the wall

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T Fitz @tphlair.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The blueskyverse needs to know what happened here

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Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

the jury questionnaire asks my sexual orientation. Both "bisexual" and "pansexual" are options. I almost chose bisexual, which is how I usually identify, but then I remembered that tiktok that said the difference between bi and pan is that pansexual people ALSO care deeply about Pluto being a planet

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Texas Republicans doing recruitment for us.

A post from the Comal County (TX) Republican Party:

Democratic Socialists of America

The DSA's mission is to replace capitalism with democratic socialism by shifting economic and political power from corporations and wealthy owners to workers and the public.

Is this what you want for America?

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Ken McLeod @kenmcld.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

"Somerville has lowered speed limits all over..., repainted and shortened crosswalks..., added new speed humps, fixed sidewalks, expanded its bike-lane network, installed new bus stops and bus lanes and stepped up ticketing for distracted driving" AND ITS WORKED www.governing.com/infrastructu...

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This New England City Hasn't Had a Traffic Death in Three Years

Somerville, Mass., officials say their success is rooted in tried-and-true best practices for traffic safety.

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Gluten-free Seitan @davidjohansen.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Conservatives are dying more of internal causes - sickness not accidents or violence. It's not just sorting, it's causal, due to not trusting modern medicine. Based on a study in Nature. www.wonkette.com/p/conservati...

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Conservatives Now Owning The Libs By Dying More

Take that, modern medicine!

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T Fitz @tphlair.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

You know, I think people sending "emergency evacuate" notices to Bostonians on holidays should add "due to possible lightning", or at least "nothing to do with terrorism" or something

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Bat-prillia @aprillia.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

One upside of getting older. The fucks are gone

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T Fitz @tphlair.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I would like to thank britmonkey.com/2020s-politi... for the nicest compliment I've received in years

Pope Leo XIV, Head of the Catholic Church (2025-present)

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T Fitz @tphlair.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I grew up in farm country and this had more info about how farm country economics work than I ever imagined. Big farms are Jane Austin's landed gentry

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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

'When solar and wind power are combined with battery storage, they can undercut new gas power, challenging one of the fossil fuel industry’s arguments against renewables: that they cannot provide 24/7 electricity when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing.' www.euronews.com/2026/05/08/r...

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Why batteries are changing the renewables debate

The cost of battery storage has dropped more than 90 per cent since 2010, bringing the cost of renewable energy down with it.

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T Fitz @tphlair.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

There is too much video. There is so much video that nobody can even follow how much video there is than they can follow

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Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

EXCUSE ME there's a british tv show about HUNTING VAMPIRES starring IDRIS ELBA and this is the first i've heard of it??

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Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Red bars are U.S. states and blue bars are OECD countries.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

“Paris has embarked on a grand transformation, planting 155k trees, adding hundreds of kms of bike lanes, pedestrianising 300 school streets and banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Parking has been turned into green space…Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school.”

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How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets

Under Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Almost 100% of new cars sold in Norway last year were electric. Not just because of oil wealth. Because of carbon taxes, EV incentives, and thirty years of consistent policy. New newsletter: Norway: The World's Most Instructive Energy Paradox janrosenow.substack.com/p/norway-the...

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Norway: The World’s Most Instructive Energy Paradox

The electrification playbook the world needs - and its inconvenient footnote

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🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🖖🏳️‍🌈 @nuclearanthro.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

…I’m sorry the 5-second rule for dropped surgical implements?!?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Billionaires’ % share of federal election spending in: 2008: 0.3% 2024: 19% @nytimes.com #GildedAge www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

When I lecture to students about how the apparently thriving economy of the 1920s was really a house of cards just waiting to be knocked down, one of the points I stress is how much a small number of the very rich were essentially propping up consumer spending in unsustainable ways

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

In a study following 23 million people age 18-59 (pretty young) for 4 years…despite the fact that the ones who got the COVID vaccine were overall older and sicker at baseline, they not only had 74% lower risk of dying from COVID than the unvaccinated but 25% lower risk of dying from any other cause!

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COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France

This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Official data is in today, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 21% compared to last year!

a graph of US monthly solar generation, which grows roughly 21% over the last year

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EmmanuelSPV @emmanuelspv.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Severance (of car parking in Paris)

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

This myth endures because it’s comforting. The idea that you can protect yourself from infection by taking something feels empowering. The supplement industry, now worth over $150 billion globally, thrives on that illusion. publish.illinois.edu/illinoisblj/...

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A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW: AMERICA’S UNREGULATED SUPPLEMENT INDUSTRY AND THE COST TO CONSUMERS – Illinois Business Law Journal

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

🧵 Myth Busting Monday: “Vitamin supplements can help your immune system fight off viruses and bacteria.” The idea that taking vitamin supplements can “boost” your immune system and help you fight infections has been around for decades. It feels intuitive but the science is far more nuanced.

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T Fitz @tphlair.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

This looks cool. Martha Wells book tour for Queen Demon starts at the Somerville (MA) Armory next Monday 10/6

Martha Wells announcing book tour for Queen Demon

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Do NOT allow them to rewrite history with disinformation. #COVID vaccines worked remarkably well and allowed us to come out of a global pandemic. A picture is worth a thousand words.

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

One of the only interesting things about AI is finding out how many people in supposedly highly skilled, important jobs are complete fuckwits. Not just kinda stupid, but the level of stupid where they're the reason why we have the "remove cellophane before eating" warnings on Fruit Roll-Ups.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

I would like these to replace every "Share the Road" sign in Massachusetts. It's not that I'm opposed to sharing the road, but we know drivers don't want to share, so I'd much prefer there's a sign telling them how they're legally required to operate around bikes (Photo from @massbike.bsky.social)

A sign that says Motorists Give 4 Feet to Pass

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T Fitz @tphlair.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

From my mom's collection of baseball souvenirs

Red Sox ticket purchase info from 1952: box seats $2.40, bleachers $0.60

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BOO Bolander @bbolander.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

you ever think how lucky you are to be living in a time period when bedsheets are really goddamn soft

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Solar energy has consistently been underestimated. Today, it adds more capacity/yr to global grid than any other source in history. If trend continues, solar will deliver more electricity generation/yr than any technology before it. Graph from @nathanielbullard.com - great newsletter

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T Fitz @tphlair.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

This article is fantastic. "this isn’t actually a vampire movie. This is a movie about connecting with the ancestors, some of whom are not resting easy" Now I absolutely have to see it

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

In the U.S. in 1825, *452* out of 1000 children born died before their 5th birthday. By 1925, that number was 135 out of a 1000 children. Today, in 2025, that number is *7* And it is entirely due to advances in medicine, public health, and technology. 9/

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