iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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babs ✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

imo there should be a safe word or like… the operation! buzzer goes off where if you start talking in too much detail about oh, i don’t know, the complex realities of living with comorbid chronic conditions you get a warning to change course before you start racking up additional charges

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babs ✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

i have my annual physical, which is a fun game of how do i discuss my body beyond a static moment in time without triggering additional charges from my insurance, becuase preventative care DOES NOT include preventing worsening of your existing conditions !!!!!!

Acknowledgement of Patient Financial Responsibility
Your Annual Preventive Visit
You are scheduled for an annual preventive wellness visit with your primary care doctor.
This visit is intended to cover preventive care services and screenings.
Preventive care includes:
Measuring your height and weight
hecking your blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol based on screening guidelines
Discussing age-appropriate cancer screening tests
Routine vaccinations (flu, COVID-19, pneumonia, etc.)
Depression screening
Evaluations for older adults (such as fall risk, hearing loss, brief assessment for memory loss)
Well woman gynecologic exam, if not already covered in this calendar year
An annual physical exam / preventive visit does not include the evaluation, management or treatment of new or ongoing medical concerns.
Preventive care does not include: agnosing, discussing or treating new symptoms
Managing chronic diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, depression, anxiety, dementia, etc.

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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chuck @whatexactlyisup.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

omg 🥲 it’s been 36 hours since taking my final* dose of a medication that makes me malnourished. i was on it for nearly a year and my brain this morning feels like a new brain… i hadn’t noticed just how bad the meds were on my body. *i might have to go back on the meds depending on blood tests.

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

If you pair light colors (yellow text on white background) or dark colors (dark blue text on black background), users will struggle to read your content. Understanding color contrast will help you better serve all users, especially those with low vision. webaim.org/articles/con...

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WebAIM: Contrast and Color Accessibility - Understanding WCAG 2 Contrast and Color Requirements

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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 08/07/2026

Texas screwworm cases doubled in just two weeks. The greedy few cut corners, dragged their feet, and left Texas ranchers, pets, wildlife, and families exposed. We beat the screwworm before, and if we use every proven tool available, we can beat it again.

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chuck @whatexactlyisup.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

actually a large part of leaving this site for 6 weeks was bc my psyche couldn’t continue to grieve so many left leaning posts without alt-text. it truly breaks my heart. caring about DEI/IDEA includes making your posts accessible.

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babs ✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

seems bad !

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Falco SkyWolf @falcoskywolf.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Didn't make it to the store today- please help me raise enough to go in the wee hours of the night? Trying to go before real heat waves hit- when even at 3AM it's too hot for me. At $45 of $150, and also need to start on Sunday rent. Please consider chipping in? And please keep sharing!

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

And I’m sorry but our human comprehension model just fucking breaks down in the face of so much feedback. Thundering applause can unhinge the most hinged person. This is how the bots get politicians and pundits to dance like marionettes. They make you think you have a crowd behind you.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Because even when there’s a crowd online speaking truth, there’s always another crowd there applauding and demanding more. And there are dark political orgs cranking out fake responders, both bots and real people role playing, to encourage exactly this.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

It’s not just being terminally online, it’s being surrounded by an always-on audience (that may be mostly bots and fakers) that keeps applauding increasingly deranged behavior. A room full of applause is an incredibly addictive intoxicant, even when it’s digital and mostly fake.

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chuck @whatexactlyisup.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

i’ve been bombarded with ads to become a zumba instructor…and i think it’s working (only if i can train and host online)

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Wyldefire @wyldefire.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

It would be nice if the media was as interested in Ken Paxton as they are in Graham Platner.

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chuck @whatexactlyisup.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

CBT thought replacement, but you replace cognitive distortions with memes that made stare into space with a newfound personal realization …is this anything?

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

What we already know is horrific. Imagine how bad discovery would be if the government is willing to pay our fees (something the government doesn’t readily do) just to avoid it.

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Jon Douglas @atranscendedman.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

University of Turku followed 81 pro hockey players. In 7 months, 93% had a respiratory infection, with virus found in 65%. SARS-CoV-2, rhinovirus and flu led. Even mild illness cost games and practices. www.frontiersin.org/journals/spo...

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Frontiers | Respiratory viral infections in professional ice hockey teams—a one-season observational study

BackgroundLittle is known about viral acute respiratory infections (ARIs) in ice hockey teams. This study aimed to investigate the occurrence, etiology, and ...

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Falco SkyWolf @falcoskywolf.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

$15 has come in today, thank you! I'm hoping for $150 for groceries by tomorrow so I can spend the rest of the week hunting for rent. #PleaseShare, and chip in if able? #DisabilityCrowdFund #KeepFolksAlive #MutualAidRequest

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Daniel Burke - 🍺Innkeep @innkeep.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Le Guin on the idea that there is a secret to getting good at writing.

I will dispose of the first myth as quickly as possible. The “secret” is skill. If you haven’t learned how to do something, the people who have may seem to be magicians, possessors of mysterious secrets. In a fairly simple art, such as making pie crust, there are certain teachable “secrets” of method that lead almost infallibly to good results; but in any complex art, such as housekeeping, piano-playing, clothes-making, or story-writing, there are so many techniques, skills, choices of method, so many variables, so many “secrets,” some teachable and some not, that you can learn them only by methodical, repeated, long-continued practice — in other words, by work.

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 07/07/2026

a workshop for folks experiencing vocational/career derailment in a shifting political/economic environment - Our first session had an over-abundance of applicants so we opened a second. It is offered by pay-what-you-can donation - we have about five seats open with @sarahquinn.bsky.social

whatashrinkthinks.com

A New Path Forward — Martha Crawford - What a Shrink Thinks

contemplating work and vocation in a changing world

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chuck @whatexactlyisup.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

happy final day of taking mold medication to all those who celebrate (me). today we celebrate the end (🤞🏻hopefully🤞🏻) of taking a medication that strips one’s (my) body of all nutrients bc it’s also stripping one’s (my) body of mold! it’s been a year of this shit!!!

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chuck @whatexactlyisup.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

“the algorithm,” has drastically changed how people share their thoughts and feelings, placing engagement over self-expression and ideas and i really don’t like that

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chuck @whatexactlyisup.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

immediately after the cuts, my oat milk would go bad 3-4 days after opening. in years past, sometimes my non-dairy milks would last an alarmingly long time past the “sell by” date

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turgut keskintürk @tkeskinturk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

data visualization is my passion.

fox news showing weekly temperatures: 92, 92, 92, 94, 94, 92, 92, with a very strong gap between 94 and 92.

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chuck @whatexactlyisup.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

i don’t want to speak into my TV remote, i want to type my search using T9 texting

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chuck @whatexactlyisup.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

out: starting videos/posts w/ “nobody ever talks about…” in: coming up with a unique attention-getter and then also citing all the folks who are indeed already talking about the thing you’re claiming no one is talking about

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chuck @whatexactlyisup.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

i’m trying to volunteer at an older adult lifelong learning event and i’m pretty sure the volunteer coordinator is using ai to read AND write the emails in our convo bc this is just not how humans communicate (vague and seemingly canned responses to very specific questions).

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chuck @whatexactlyisup.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

this reminds me of bills that “increase the penalty for offenses committed while wearing a mask” that were very big in multiple states after students masked up to protest for Palestinian liberation. the goal was to presume criminality of protesters and many different bills seek to create such labels

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chuck @whatexactlyisup.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

group therapy idea: doom scrolling. now, i rack up the screen time, but i haven’t been so in the room recently so i need to reflect and research what would be supportive in such a group. the goal is to process what you’re seeing, not lower screen time (unless an individual wants to)

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

In the room heavy with life he slept.

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chuck @whatexactlyisup.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

what saddens me most about this current political moment is how few people have the skills, time, and energy to really step back and ask if their current actions are aligned with their values. so many folks tell me one thing and do the other and they’re too overwhelmed to see it.

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chuck @whatexactlyisup.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

i’m back… bc i can’t sleep. bc i’ve had to stop taking my melatonin bc my mold med requires i take it on an empty stomach. the timing of everything would require me to be finished eating dinner at 6 pm so i could take my mold meds at 8 pm and then melatonin at 10.

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chuck @whatexactlyisup.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

ta ta for now (i’m deleting this app off my phone. hopefully for a significant amount of time)

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The Library Faery @libraryfaery.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Well, at least my insurance "negotiated" my recent ER trip down by 90%.... to the same amount I would have paid without insurance, by hospital policy. Thanks guys. Tell me again why insurance is so necessary? But hey - another payment plan, another way to build my credit score.

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Retired-Librarian @retired-librarian.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

For what it's worth, people have been saying "nobody reads anymore" for decades, or as long as I can remember, but there will always be readers and nonreaders. I recommend being a reader.

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donni saphire @donni.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

No, the website cannot free your mind or satisfy your soul. If you think a website can or should do that, you are annoying

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chuck @whatexactlyisup.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

hearing fireworks and asking myself if the person setting them off knows what the word “memorial,” means. and it reminds me of so much of my own political grief.

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chuck @whatexactlyisup.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

grief is political in a society that dehumanizes its citizens and actively works to desensitize us to death and loss. no, grief is not simply a political statement, but listening/tending to such emotions can bring us deeper into our personal values (which often inform our political values).

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chuck @whatexactlyisup.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

i want to know why our daily lives/routines and our healthcare policies do NOT revolve around the needs of those who need the most caregiving and support. bc when you center disabled & aging folks and babies, you create a net that can catch every need if woven at the bequest of these communities.

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chuck @whatexactlyisup.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

i work with and study death/grief (and disability) a lot. so sometimes my mind just goes to drafting eulogies for people i love while i’m in the shower, cleaning, walking, etc. thankful it’s not intrusive, but a welcome anticipatory grief that helps me stay present bc i know it won’t last forever

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

normal people are not on social media to get into days long arguments with Neo-Nazis and it's actually weird as fuck for you to think that. i'm here to talk to my friends and post my cat

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Holly Wade Matter @weemallard.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Reading so much Agatha Christie, about a book a day, and I long to live in a stately home and eat cake. All this reading is keeping me from unraveling, so never, ever doubt the power and value of fiction.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 24/05/2026

God, daydreaming about a world where news outlets published climate commentary that acknowledged the very real existence of climate change to the degree they publish "culture war" bullshit.

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babs ✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

EDIT: I understand the visuals at the end are having technical difficulties—since this was kind of a soft launch anyway, I'll be re-uploading likely Monday, but will leave it up for the moment since the audio seems to be working. in the mean time, please enjoy my attempts at ragebait thumbnails:

a very goofy photoshopped thumbnail for my youtube video about hillsdale college. it reads "ERIKA KIRK SPEAKS AT ANTI-WOKE UNIVERSITY???" in large sans serif text. A multilayered blurry image of hillsdale's facade acts as the very back layer, with Erika Kirk in her academic regalia and me, in loungewear holding Anne Nelson's "SHADOW NETWORK" in opposing corners.

a very goofy photoshopped thumbnail for my youtube video about hillsdale college. it reads "WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH THE COLLEGE WHERE ERIKA KIRK SPOKE?" in large sans serif text. The imagery is multilayered and a bit goofy: the bottom image is of my LilSis mapping of the Council for National Policy. Just on top is Patrick (from Spongebob) coming home with an ice cream and groceries to see poorly photoshopped images of CNP members heads underneath his rock ("who are you people???" echoes in our collective psyche). Over the top are images of Erika Kirk in her academic regalia and me, in loungewear holding Anne Nelson's "SHADOW NETWORK" in opposing corners.

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

"Don't worry, stay calm" leaders say about current infectious disease outbreaks Also leaders: "everyone excited for the FIFA World Cup in a couple weeks??"

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chuck @whatexactlyisup.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

i have to take “makes me feel Awful medicine,” at night and i can’t even follow it with “go tf to sleep” medicine to stop myself cool feeling awful

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chuck @whatexactlyisup.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

we’re picking up pluckers as our one and only weekend-long-flood-watch outing and my husband is the only person who has had an umbrella in this downpour. i’m so confused. (he’s also the only one in a mask. less confused, more sad.) wait, a mother went to her car to grab the diaper bag and umbrella.

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