iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 9h

Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me.

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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 4h

An explosive new report alleges Walmart is compiling shopper data to "price people, not products" using surveillance and dynamic pricing.

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 7h

I dislike being earnest, but the only answer I know of to the onslaught of dystopian and apocalyptic news is love. Foster a dog, plant some flowers, call up a friend you haven’t talked to in too long, try to be kind. This isn’t easy, it’s difficult—that’s the message of every religion I’m aware of.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5h

Despite knowing Clint Massie was abusing girls for years, church leaders never reported him to police. It felt like “a group of people who are not just trying to protect someone — but something,” the DA said. “They have enabled something awful here.” (Published Nov. 2025 w/ @startribune.com)

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Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.

In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 6h

People in California who are facing a terrible ICE surge: remember that if you need whistles, we are still sending them out for free. In fact, we just passed 1.7 million whistles sent out. linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

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We ship community protection whistles for free. Need some? Click the email link below & tell us how many you need (between 100 - 3000) & where to send them.

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V. Murr @vmurr.bsky.social · 10h

Violence for clicks. That's all this is. It's really horrific that the US government (and our troops!) are saying that's a good thing to do ...

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 10h

Honestly live streaming an execution for the clicks feels like a natural consequence of not regulating the tech industry

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 11h

Nothing enrages an evil man more than the sight of people doing good. Nothing makes him more furious than the realization that deep down, we aren't all like him. That we find his thoughts abhorrent, his beliefs foul, and his soul festering and corrupt.

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V. Murr @vmurr.bsky.social · 11h

Teeny tiny violin ....

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Mori Mole 🍂 @morimole.bsky.social · 13h

And can't stop thinking of how men like Musk will sneer at women who keep and care for cats, actual flesh and blood beings with thoughts and emotions, yet these guys will get indignant at the idea their digital imaginary friends they dote on are not sentient.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 11h

Turning state violence into a public spectacle is a very fascist move BTW.

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V. Murr @vmurr.bsky.social · 11h

Geez ... I hadn't seen that yet. That's awful! I do not understand some people. 😠

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V. Murr @vmurr.bsky.social · 13h

Right?! It's all so gross right now. Thus far, I've decided to stay Dem only because it allows me to vote in the primaries ... which means I can try to push more progressive, pro-LGBTQIA+ candidates that way. But that's all I'm hanging onto at the moment. :-(

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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 18h

Actors may not want to weigh in on politics but I assure you politics will be weighing in on the entertainment industry

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V. Murr @vmurr.bsky.social · 13h

If your 1st instinct to mock Hegseth is to say he's slower than "a woman soldier" ... maybe take a second to pause and consider that you are also degrading the woman soldier when you phrase it that way. FFS We've learned nothing.

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 14h

Power To The People Festival. October 3, 2026. 📸: Pam Springsteen

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 14h

Coming on the heels of the reporting about lobbying the pope to say models could be conscious, it’s clear they are determined to impose their cultish worldview on everyone.

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V. Murr @vmurr.bsky.social · 14h

Learning any new weapons kata (imho) is wonderfully challenging 🤘💪 For the record, you look 1000% better than I do when I'm working through mine!

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V. Murr @vmurr.bsky.social · 14h

Hahahahahahaha .... oh, god, no. It's literally the opposite.

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V. Murr @vmurr.bsky.social · 14h

Periodic reminder to do your homework for folks on your ballot claiming to be "non-partisan." In my area, 2 of the "non-partisan" people running for Forest Preserve Commissioner are fervent Trumpers. (I wish I were kidding ...)

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 18h

Excited to see that we’re replacing new housing with chatbots that tell you to kill yourself

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 14h

This is the journalist who first covered Ahmed’s story back in July, and she’s done admirable ongoing coverage since then. Give her a follow. 🙏

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ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 14h

I think if they could figure out how to make you do a 14-day workweek by having your digital double also working a 7-day workweek, they'd do that too.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 15h

The American white collar workforce started working from home three days a week for like six months a year into COVID and executives so thoroughly lost their minds over this that they installed Trump II. If anything, AI will create the 7-day workweek.

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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 16h

Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon

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Kris Wernowsky @kriswernowsky.com · 17h

The pervert work-around.

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Black Girl Nerds @blackgirlnerds.bsky.social · 17h

Science fiction can imagine travel across galaxies, and fantasy can give us dragons, immortality, and entire kingdoms built on magic. Yet television has sometimes struggled with a much simpler idea: Black women belonging at the center of those worlds.

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Beyond the Final Frontier: Black Women Who Changed Science Fiction and Fantasy Television | Black Girl Nerds

Black women who changed science fiction and fantasy television, from Nichelle Nichols and Eartha Kitt to Misha Green and Chinaka Hodge.

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NPR @npr.org · 07/10/2026

Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALa

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Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide

Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.

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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 21h

In July, I went to the NFL Flag Championships in Indiana to see the enormous boom in youth flag football in person. Turns out, girls love ball. My story leads off @bloomberg.com Businessweek’s November issue on women’s sports. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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The NFL’s $192 Million Bet on Flag Football Is Paying Off With Teen Girls

The sport has seen unprecedented growth since the pandemic. Next up: The Olympics and a college campus near you.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 18h

Very much agree with this. The Trump admin has purposefully attacked mail in voting from multiple directions and continues to make threats of law enforcement at voting sites… their goal is to create confusion, distrust, and fear… to suppress votes.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I spent a year watching school administrators do their jobs—and interviewing the students most impacted. I spoke to @thecut.com in a long-form Q&A about what I saw. Mainly, a system designed to protect perpetrators and punish victims in each and every case.

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The Reason Why Colleges Still Fail to Address Sexual Violence

The “Cornell Seven” case highlights what’s wrong with Trump’s Title IX rules — and how the system was always designed to fail.

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 19h

it appears that turning real life into a sim has become a genuine goal for some people. I can only regard this as a form of self-harm

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Stephen Vaisey 🇺🇦 @stephenvaisey.com · 07/10/2026

BTW this means no funding for GSS, ANES, or PSID. GSS 2026 is in the field now, but then it looks like that's it. Devastating for social science.

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V. Murr @vmurr.bsky.social · 19h

Such a heart-wrenching moment!

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Brian A @bjaudette.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

One more, because @trickweekes.bsky.social isn't getting away without getting called out here. Let me just say "Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong"

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 19h

My colleague @kylieclifton.bsky.social has a warning for those in deer-heavy areas: 'tis the season for them to be wandering into the street, particularly at dawn and dusk. www.ctinsider.com/news/article...

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 20h

It's telling that men would rather try to invent tech to replace humans' role in caregiving than step up as equal partners in parenting. Telling, that is, in that it shows how financial capitalism and patriarchy work together to dissuade men from doing "unprofitable" labor, like the work of care.

X post from AI industry insider Alvin Sng :

My wife: Can you read our baby a book?
Me: I can just play an audiobook from my phone.
My wife: But then it won't be in your voice.
Me: I can train a voice model.
Parenting hits different when you work in Al.

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~Des~ @thedes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Me waking up every day in this country

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Media stop taking grifting dudes seriously challenge

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MyRadar @myradar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

BREAKING: Isaias is now a Category 1 Hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. Isaias becomes the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season.

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