iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 7h

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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ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 08/10/2026

We have invented the mythical man month from classic software engineering book Don’t Invent the Mythical Man Month.

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Jacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

As Terence Tao told New Scientist recently, this is not ok

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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Christian Christensen @chrchristensen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Intressant hur de som säger sig värna om ”kulturen” upprörs över saker som butiksskyltar på främmande språk, men förblir helt tysta när flera nationella museer (som förvaltar den nationella kulturen) står inför ekonomisk kollaps och nedläggning.

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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 02/10/2026

The best explanation I've read on AI misalignment, and how it could be a structural issue that can't be patched.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026

Eugenics 🤝 ai www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/h...

One of the things that is going to change is that we’re never ever again going to be able to be dominated by public officials who tell us, ‘Trust the experts,’” Mr. Kennedy said during the Tuesday session.

“If somebody tells you, ‘Masks work, trust the experts,’ A.I. may tell you otherwise,” he added. “If somebody tells you, ‘Social distancing works, trust the experts,’ A.I. may correct that. And if somebody tells you that a vaccine will prevent transmission and infection, or you need to take it to protect your grandmother, A.I. may say it actually doesn’t do that.”

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026

“What if we released malware represented in the form of a cute avatar” is an actual business plan now.

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Dots are OpenAI's new personal agents and soon you'll be able to control several of them - Engadget

Sure, seems safe.

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Theodore Grunewald @tedgrunewald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

JCO for the win.

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🚨🚨Quite a scoop: A #US based data-extraction firm accused of being secretly run from #Russia has worked on #EU-backed projects and sold its services to European #lawenforcement agencies. www.politico.eu/article/russ...

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Russian tech surveillance company infiltrated Europe’s law enforcement agencies

The same technology used by Western police was allegedly being developed in Russia and sold to Russian security services.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 22/09/2026

“to the victor go the spoils” is basically the whole thing the UN was designed to prevent

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Silicon Valley "has about as much cultural capital as an airport...The richest people in the tech industry have blocked policies that would raise taxes, increase wages or otherwise reduce their wealth to make life better for the people who live around them." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/o...

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Opinion | In the Land of Billionaire Barbarians

The center of the tech industry is culturally barren because wealthy executives have no interest in communities outside their fiefs.

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Lars Westergren @wgren.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026

Software exec, Tesla owner, influencer

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Xero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

For some reason this sort of thing puts me in a more apocalyptic mood than warnings of the next killer AI www.ft.com/content/7f11...

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Big Tech is using panic to suck the air out of the room just as people are demanding transparency and accountability for the sector’s egregious, monopolistic overreach into every facet of our lives. My latest column with bonus track open.spotify.com/track/403oiK...

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Thieves in the Temple

Prince · Music from Graffiti Bridge · Song · 1990

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Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Gillian Anderson spoke up for children in Sudan who are affected by the current civil war. Guess how it went in the comments? warchildusa.org

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 17/09/2026

As I warned you: the superstar media darling AI quitter is explicitly agreeing with Trump and claiming climate threats are "overplayed". Effective altruism / rationalism is a cult of broken priorities that denies the threat of fossil fuels. This is why Anthropic loves burning gas for power.

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Stockholm Environment Institute @sei.org · 16/09/2026

🤝 EVENT | SEI and partners seek your expertise in policy, energy, climate and sustainability at a #ClimateWeekNYC working session tackling water issues. Space is limited: register now! ⤵️ 💧 Downscaling planetary boundaries into actionable intelligence 📅 21 Sept 🕚️ 11:00–12:30 EDT 🔗 buff.ly/VZisKdK

Graphic with a white background lists the event details and speakers. At the top is the name of the event: "Downscaling planetary boundaries into actionable intelligence: A feedback workshop on an approach for water." Next the text reads: "Monday 21 September 2026, 11:00-12:30 EDT. Solutions House, The Assembly - 2 Park Avenue entrance, 27th floor, Pergola E." Head shots of the speakers follow: Prof. Johan Rockström, Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research; Ed Carr, US Center Director, Stockholm Environment Institute; Silvia Calderón, Latin America Center Director, Stockholm Environment Institute; Maya Rebermark, Senior Expert, Stockholm Environment Institute; Marcus Lundstedt, Head of Communications, Stockholm Resilience Centre. Partner logos line the bottom of the graphic: Stockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, The London School of Economics and Political Science, and Planetary Boundaries Initiative

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The biggest losers are the far right Sweden Democrats, no longer the 2nd largest party. The Social Democrats also did a bad election, but may end up with the prime ministership. Winners: the Liberals (who doubled in size compared to earlier polls), the Left, & the Greens, who both grew from 2022.

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Corporal Frisk @corporalfrisk.com · 13/09/2026

For those wondering about the Swedish election: the latest analysis is that it’s close enough that ”we can shut the lights, go home, and reconvene in a few days”, to quote Viktor Barth-Kron ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It can only good happen. It can only good happen. It can only good happen. It can only good happen. It can only good happen. othermeans.substack.com/p/the-wheels...

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The Wheels Are Coming Off

It Can Only Good Happen

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Really hoping this exit poll is correct . It would mean a narrow win for the centre-left block in Sweden, with the far right party taking the biggest losses.

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Lars Westergren @wgren.eurosky.social · 13/09/2026

Did my dury and voted. Voting cards no longer needed, just an ID card. 0 seconds waiting time.

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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 07/09/2026

Welcome to the #LongestTrainEU #CrossBorderRail record breaking thread! This journey starts Kemijärvi 🇫🇮 and ends Lagos 🇵🇹 18 trains, 100 hours 9 minutes, 4008km as crow flies, 6281 route-km Project background: longestjourney.crossborderrail.eu Follow live: longestjourneylive.crossborderrail.eu

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Europol @europol.europa.eu · 12/09/2026

📢 Join Europol as an Operational Analyst and support serious organised crime and terrorism investigations through data collection, processing and operational intelligence analysis. 🔗 Apply: ow.ly/Jt4V50ZLnya

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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 11/09/2026

Saw a movie about one of those farcical-but-serious episodes of Finnish history: the kidnapping of (former) president K. J. Ståhlberg and his wife Ester, who wouldn't be left behind, by hapless far-right goons. The movie was very much "inspired by a true story," so here's my version. A THREAD:

A black and white photograph of president Ståhlberg of Finland and his wife, listening to an old guy speaking outside.

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Stockholm! I'll be visiting next week, and while I'm there I'll be speaking about the ocean at the wonderful Sjöhistoriska on Wednesday. Do come along if you're nearby and also pass the word on to anyone you know who might be interested. www.sjohistoriska.se/besok/kalend...

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Peer-reviewed. Large sample size. Sound methodology. An antiviral pill has, for the FIRST time, been shown to PREVENT COVID-19 in individuals exposed to SARS-CoV-2. Ensitrelvir blocks the enzyme coronaviruses need to make new copies of themselves.

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Amanda Sokolnicki @amandasokolnicki.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Hoppas ni ska vilja läsa och sprida till era vänner och bekanta som överväger att ge Tidö sin röst. www.dn.se/ledare/amand...

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

We all know the urban greening Paris has been doing. But do we know what Warsaw Poland has been doing? Impressive. “Not so long ago, they were dominated by cars, concrete, & asphalt. Today, they're full of greenery, pedestrian-friendly, & better for the climate.” The New Center of Warsaw project.

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Lars Westergren @wgren.eurosky.social · 24/08/2026

Pre-election TikTok flooded with fake AI clips of Swedish celebrities, including actors, singers & the royal family, endorsing the extreme right pro-Russia "Alternative for Sweden", friends of AfD, Assad, Lega Nord. TikTok won't remove clips despite repeated requests. www.dn.se/sverige/sven...

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Svenska kändisar utnyttjas i politisk AI-propaganda: ”Det är förjävligt”

Kändisar som Bianca Ingrosso, Markoolio och Pernilla Wahlgren används i högerextrem AI-generad valpropaganda. Trots att klippen bryter mot Tiktoks regler.

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I think a lot of people don't really understand that the reports of Russian forces looting museums in occupied Ukraine (particularly Kherson prior to liberation) were not just "soldiers being soldiers" but rather an extremely intentional occupation policy meant to steal cultural heritage

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Avoiding AI is about to be a superpower.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026

This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet.

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Jason Arday found dead
2 hours ago — Mr Arday was found •unresponsive• at an address in Battersea. south London. on Froy
afternoon. He was uter pronounced dead at the scene. A Read rnore
Jason Arday says he was an illiterate, mute child. His .
6 hours ago — Jason Arday says he was an i&erate. mute child. Cambridge's youngest-ever black
professor in 2023. Arday attended from the age of four to 11
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A PhD is no longer a sign of brilliance — take it from Dr Arday
1 day aeo — Juon Arday resigns from the Unwersity of Cambrdge after The Telegraph reports he had
falseb• claimed to have pubåshed a book
We are all Jason Arday now
S days ago — Jason Arday resons from the University of Cambridge after The Telegraph reports he had
falsew cGimed to have published a book Aug 7.2028. Read more
Cambridge professor claimed he was on Seven Up..
2 Aug 2026 — He was not bom until 1985. Prof Arday is at the centre of a row about academk
plagiarism after The Tekgragh that he had been accused
The Jason Arday 'memoir' that now appears to be more .
7 days ago — Instead of tales of triumph over adversity. the now-fomer Cambridge professors
autob"qraphy is a case study in self-rnythobgising,
Arday failed to mention 'months-long coma' in autobiography
8 days ago — Jason Arday toz publishers he was k•ft a three-month coma fohwhg a car gash. but
never wrote about the ordeal his memoirs_
Jason Arday is living proof that you reap what you sow
6 Aug 2028 — The Cambridge professor feed plagiarism alegations and made fantastical clä'ns about
his life. so what did he expect woUz happen? Read rmre
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Arday 'accused student of Miite privilege' after she
4 days ago — Forrner Cambrdge professor alleged* htplied that Roehamptm student was racist after
cornplaint about essay SOOre.
Jason Arday is rnerely a symptom of the Leffs corruption
Aug 2026 — Lab-curs on school standards is on the same toxic assumptions that created his
academic career.
Cambridge hired Arday after 'listening to black stu…

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Roberta Metsola @president.europarl.europa.eu · 09/08/2026

Belarus will be free. Six years after people stood up for a new future, their voices have not been silenced. Europe stands with them, and will keep pushing for a Belarus where liberty, media freedom and the will of its people prevail.

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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

AIS-replay of the situation where Mark Zuckerbergs yacht's have been accused of refusing to help a small boat in distress. The 2 women, a kid and a dog was rescued by a small cruise ship. Zuckerberg's work boat with several small boats, crane, heli passed with yacht stationary.

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 03/08/2026

You can talk about tech sovereignty and defence all you like, but it doesn't matter if you're caving in to hybrid attacks within five minutes. Might as well save the money on the weapons, frankly, if European leaders are just going to surrender to hybrid attacks like this.

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

🚨🚨 Important clarification: there is no legal basis under the #Schengen Code or the Treaties for unilaterally suspending the Schengen agreement against another EU MS under these circumstances. #ceuta www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...