iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Jack - Oi, Shiny! @oishinythings.bsky.social · 2h

Who wants to be the last order of September? Spooky season starts tomorrow!

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On 20th October I'll be participating in an online panel hosted by Indiana University Bloomington titled 'The Cost of Openness: AI, Extraction, and Scholarly Governance'

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The Cost of Openness: AI, Extraction, and Scholarly Governance

Generative AI has intensified a long-standing governance gap in scholarly communication.

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Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · 1h

Turns out WHOOPS APOCALYPSE (TV 1982/Movie 1986) wasn't nearly ludicrous enough to keep up with reality.

Woman selling patriotic mushroom cloud badges from a tray labelled "Wear Your Mushroom with Pride" from the title sequence of WHOOPS APOCALYPSE.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 2h

I still remember Esther Rantzen on That’s Life holding up a small ad from a Local Authority in the early 70s advertising for an Equal Pay Officer but offering a lower wage for women. I’m part of generation of teenagers mildly radicalised by amusing trivia.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 2h

"We are upgradinge the OS, so nowe your software and printer will no longir worke" ys just anothir greate feature of livinge yn thys shininge momente for tech

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Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · 2h

This is, I think, a really astute analysis.

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Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

i used to work at limewire. yes, really, that limewire. i didn’t work on the app; i was hired to build out a web app community for artists (yes really) anyway i had a lot of dealings with the owner, mark gorton, who’s not like what you’d expect…

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 3h

There is no steady unretracing progress in this life; we do not advance through fixed gradations, and at the last one pause

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 2h

this one is apparently nearly sold out! but the one I was meant to be doing that evening in Canterbury is off due to lack of interest. in conclusion, Jonn Elledge is a land of contrasts.

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Martin Nutbeem @martinnutbeem.bsky.social · 4h

Fair play Dr Osman. Fair play.

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Andrew Berzanskis @aberzanskis.bsky.social · 3h

Scholars, goofy good humor is an entirely appropriate tone when promoting your new book, if that's what works for you.

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 4h

I have four more #buyastrangerabook day offers to tell you about. So book fans. Get ready.

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 5h

He was a pure manipulator; his brain, if he had ever had one, must have early oozed along into the muscles of his fingers.

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Bex is WEAK on crime @bextraordinary.bsky.social · 5h

Lately I've been thinking a lot about Terry Pratchett's "Reaper Man" and AI. He was so ahead of his time in so many ways - or maybe squarely in his time but so many missed the very obvious signposts of where we were heading. Gonna be spoilers in this thread for a 25-year old book.

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f͎i͎z͎z͎.͎l͎o͎l͎ .°• @fizz.lol · 6h

This is also one of the most radical ways to protest against the techno fascist capitalist hellscape that is always trying to crunch our spirits and souls. Create. Write. Draw. Craft. Be weird. Be kind.

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sciencegoth.bsky.social @sciencegoth.bsky.social · 22h

Hey all, there’s a lot of despair going around. Wouldn’t you feel better if you dropped some mutual aid on a friend of a friend? Matching funds right now! www.gofundme.com/f/renees-eme...

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Donate to Renee's Emergency Relocation and Mobile Home Move, organized by Florence Vigil

Hi, I'm Florence, and I'm raising this fund for my childhood best f… Florence Vigil needs your support for Renee's Emergency Relocation and Mobile Home Move

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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today is Andy Burnham’s first party conference speech as PM. We’ve taken your messages from the mass lobby on tour to Labour conference in Liverpool, with our friends at @transactualuk.bsky.social and @scottishtrans.bsky.social We aren’t going anywhere.

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Britta Shoot @brittashoot.com · 6h

This is one of those important, overlooked stories that's hard to report & even harder to place. I'm grateful @prismreports.org understood what's at stake for students fighting these fragmented free speech battles, while they also endure the chaos in higher ed & the nation in general 📻⬇️

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College radio stations are disappearing

Cleveland State University’s recent transfer of its radio station’s broadcast license to a conglomerate is the latest blow to independent student media

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 6h

Perfectly reasonable No notes Hey @gianttourtiere.bsky.social Imma put about fifty of these in the ship arboretum Everyone will love them

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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 7h

Today, @wired.com is publishing Choke Points, an 18-month investigation into how Israel’s network of checkpoints, gates, and roadblocks is reshaping daily life for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. A thread on the reporting, and what we found:

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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 6h

When you've had 6 months of Bryant as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Star trek, Data talking to Picard.

Subtitle edited to read: the Irish reunification of 2027

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 6h

Since folks still tell me this was useful advice, I'll mention that it's a good idea to read the student newspaper at places you are considering taking a job. One of the best ways to actually get to know what's happening on campus.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 8h

Pentangle is always a great autumn soundtrack. Free international delivery here in case anybody else would like a read: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

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The Good, the Bad and the Furry

Meet The Bear - a cat who carries the weight of the world on his furry shoulders. Like many intellectuals, The Bear would prefer a life of quiet solitude with p

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 8h

Last night & this morning, the headline isn’t about the top-down decision. It’s about the will of the people of Philadelphia. It’s about what the kids of our city deserve, and the path forward, back to an open public museum. Don’t let people in perceived power dictate the story. The power is ours.

Two articles from the Philly voice and CBS, with headlines “academy
Of natural sciences is closed, but the fight for the museum continues” and “protesters push Drexel
To accept funding to keep the museum at academy
Of natural sciences open”

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 8h

September 1 was the day the news was delivered that they planned to close the museum. Press printed the story that the museum was closing. This could have been the end of The story. But the people of Philadelphia resoundingly rejected the proposal, despite having no “official” seat at the table.

Two headlines, “philadelphias academy of natural sciences
Museum to
Close after nearly 200 years” and “academy of natural sciences of Drexel u to close museum on Sept 30”, each with pics of the museum from the outside and dinosaur ball

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 8h

When people in power deliver bad news to you, they expect you to just take punch, accept it, and move on. In these situations, we need to empower ourselves to reject the premise. I want you to look at three time points in the fight to save the academy of natural sciences with me. (Thread)

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 8h

Not sure how the triple lock change will ultimately play politically. But trapping the Tories and Reform into defending a policy literally none of them support in private is potentially a neat move.

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 9h

Every time a discourse kicks off over whether AI music, literature or art will be "as good as" the real thing, I'm always amazed more people don't cite that **there already are** creative pursuits where human-free spectacles have been available for decades, and nobody has ever wanted to watch them.

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 9h

Hey #BookSky friends, I have an interesting bit of info to share—about the state of publishing. Storytime: I am an author of fiction/nonfiction with a NY agent, full time writer for 10 years. I can verify 2026 is the WORST for getting in print. Lots of reasons, but I learned something NEW in Sept 1/

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Jennie @unabridgedopinions.com · 8h

saving for reaction skeets

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Jennie @unabridgedopinions.com · 8h

Genuinely love seeing more and more of our lovely Town Hall being revealed as the refurbishment finishes.

a beautiful blue sky and white clouds. The clock tower from the Town Hall looks great against the sky and scaffolding is slowly coming down.

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 15h

This is the state of the subfield of ethics in analytic philosophy.

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Amy @amzomac.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

How often do you get the opportunity to be part of a luxury Chef-led experience? Or hear the lived experience of a refugee & up-and-coming Chef who cooks in Michelin kitchens? Or have a gorgeous melange of African & European food curated & cooked for you? Come along! ❤️ 🎟 ow.ly/fvPa50ZSJUM

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The main reason you haven’t heard about campus sexual violence in a few years is because Trump and SCOTUS have made it much, much harder for survivors to come forward. You might vaguely remember that Title IX was a big battleground in his first term. And that we lost.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A man replied to this saying in earnest that women need to get organized and fight for our rights and men will follow. We did that. We do that. We mobilized the largest single day protest in global history on every continent and yet I have fewer rights than my mom did at my age.

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Jane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

But also, you know where colleges can encourage valuable critical thinking through conversation? Writing Centers. The path to figuring out what you think on paper can and should involve conversation, and investing in those conversations is a great way forward in this AI all the time moment.

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Krista D Ball is Canada's Mouthy Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In the coming minutes, hours, days, weeks, and months, a lot of details are going to come out as people figure out/are informed of the inciting event. In the meantime, I would like to draw people to this thread from 2024. bsky.app/profile/skyl...

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 29/09/2026

It’s Launch Day, darling! This one is not cozy or for the faint of heart, please note the warnings, but it’s here at last! And while you should read in the way you like the best—dude, Neil Newbon’s narration knocks it out of the PARK. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813073...

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Baldur's Gate 3: Astarion by T. Kingfisher: 9798217298594 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

The roguish charlatan Astarion will free himself from a centuries-long fate of servitude or die (a second time) trying—in this decadently dark fantasy adventure by award-winning author T. Kingfisher.....

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Dylan Lewis @iamdylanlewis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My library has the most comprehensive Bram Stoker collection in the world, with over 4,000 items connected to Stoker, Dracula, and vampires. A large bulk of it is still unprocessed/uncataloged, but I’m really excited to have a new staff member working through it now! news.emory.edu/features/202...

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The vampire in the library

Bram Stoker collection celebrates his literary immortality at Emory’s Rose Library

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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 29/09/2026

this is truly the neurodivergant xennial website

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Discoverability for new SFF books seems way down these days, especially outside of bestsellers and certain subgenres. I'm noticing this as both a reader and a writer. Great stuff is in danger of sinking without a trace. Please post about new/recent books you love or are excited for!!! I'll start:

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