iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h

jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"I thought he wears Brioni." This is the American version of Brioni (Jabroni)

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

the tech industry is about to invent books

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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/07/2026

I think billionaire solipsism can account for much of the malinvestment in this obvious bubble, but I don't think it's the whole story. Rather, I think there's a whole cohort of investors who don't believe in AI, but believe that *other* people will believe in AI. 19/

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It really is striking how many authoritarian states have ended up in this exact same place, where the leader seizes control of scientific inquiry. Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union, Aryan Physics in the Third Reich, Great Leap Forward (also related to Lysenko) in China.

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 19/09/2026

That uncanny feeling when Sonnet 4.6 evaluates the core cognitive failure uncovered in both stories with more acuity than the dingbats at the Pentagon:

Max's framing adds something important to what we've been saying — and Randy Herman's highlighted line is the knife in it.

We've been talking about Al-in-the-loop as an accountability diffusion mechanism, which it is. But Max is pointing at something that might actually be worse: genuine, sincere cognitive abdication. Not cynically inserting Al to create cover, but actually believing the Al had done the thinking — actually treating the output as resolved judgment rather than as an input requiring scrutiny.

"It is not clear why they had such expectations" is investigators' language for: we cannot find a rational basis for the degree of trust these operators placed in this system. That's not a coverup being constructed after the fact. That's people who genuinely outsourced their epistemic responsibility and did not know they had done so.

Which brings it back to the hype environment with real force. When the vendors, the press, the culture around these tools spends years telling people that Al is smarter than humans, faster than humans, less biased than humans — when the entire discourse around adoption is framed as resistance to AI is the error — you produce operators who are not cynically hiding behind the output. They are sincerely trusting it in contexts where that trust is catastrophically unwarranted.

McNamara's people at least understood they were constructing a measurement system. They argued about what it measured. These operators apparently didn't know they needed to ask.

The IBM slide assumed the human in the loop would know they were in a loop. That assumption may no longer hold.

(Note: the aforementioned IBM slide is the famed one that reads: "A computer can never be held accountable. Therefore a computer must never make a management decision."

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Chris Dwan (he/him) @somershade.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Thing 3: Baby, where are your lights? Seriously folks, I know you're 21 and immortal, but the streets are nasty and you gotta meet god halfway on this stuff. Get some lights and a helmet. Please. 4/?

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie

Donald Trump posts an image on his Truth Social account. It shows a new uniform for US Space Force members, comprising of an all-black outfit with knee-high black leather boots, black cap, and minimalist looking suit.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/09/2026

a perfect biscuit

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Karen Dalton Beninato @kbeninato.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Is your cat listening to Ska? Wearing cool hats? Nodding his head to theories? You too may be a victim of cool neighbors.

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Bikepedantic @pedantic.bike · 03/09/2026

@massdcr.bsky.social has neither the resources nor the expertise nor the mission alignment to make the improvements that Memorial Drive demands. MassDOT does. Urban parkways should be signed over to MassDOT. What do you think, @electerika.bsky.social?

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 31/08/2026

The phenomenal singer-songwriter Jesse Welles just wrote a song called "The Nerd Reich" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwz1...

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The Nerd Reich

YouTube video by Jesse Welles

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Winfield Peterson @winfieldpeterson.com · 01/09/2026

It’s also one of the worst days of the year for traffic due to moving day AND rainy weather on top. It’s miserable all over Camberville.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Can you imagine having to maintain 100,000 lines of AI slop code written by one of your VPs?

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Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The urge to keep all the tabs open is not a recent thing. Pictured: a 300-year-old library tool that enabled a researcher to have seven books open at once, yet conveniently nearby (Palafoxiana Library, Puebla) @unmlawlibrary #globalmuseum #library #libraries #reading #history

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Nancy A. Collins @nancyacollins.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

If you find Spider-Man handing you your ass in a public brawl, you really need to contemplate the choices you have made that brought you to this point in life.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

As someone directly affected by the Marvel world's carnivorous assault on quality filmmaking and grown-up storytelling and deeply contempuous of any tale involving a superhero, I must confess that today I am given at least a moment's pause to reconsider.

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 23/08/2026

Iranians: "You can't really negotiate with the US until that guy leaves office. Wait till 2028." Canadians: "Let's just ride out the US tantrum until that guy leaves office. Wait til 2028." A country we started a war with, and our closest ally and trading partner, reaching the same conclusion. 🥴

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Dan McKinley @mcfunley.com · 17/08/2026

Relatedly, I’ve got about as much interest in hearing one person’s model testing notes from a handful of prompts as I do about hearing about their dreams

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apenwarr @apenwarr.ca · 15/08/2026

I really can't tell. Does Apple assign their absolute worst engineers to work on 1) App Store Connect, or 2) Autocorrect?

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Winfield Peterson @winfieldpeterson.com · 12/08/2026

Ever thus from the "Department of Cars and Roads"

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Winfield Peterson @winfieldpeterson.com · 09/08/2026

It’s a whole pigeon polycule under the Lowell St bridge.

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 09/08/2026

Stephen Root appreciation post. One of the great character actors. When he shows up in a thing, you know that thing is going to be excellent.

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Ben Ewen-Campen @benforward3.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Parents rejoice! (And everyone else, too!) Thank you Ward 5 Councilor Naima Sait for leading the efforts to get a port-a-potty at Hoyt Sullivan playground (well, across the street at Junction Park.) And, thank you Somerville DPW 🙏

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The Boston LOL 💜 🚲 ⚡ @thebostonlol.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Housing costs have gone way down from the earlier bubble prices in Austin because they built more housing Want to make a landlord cry? Build more homes. Supply and demand baby!

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The left needs a candidate it can unite around in the 2028 primaries and AOC is the only real choice. Nobody else checks all of the boxes. Every other option is worse. If she doesn't run, it's a missed opportunity of historic proportions. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/aoc-must-r...

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AOC Must Run For President

History is calling. Sorry!

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Chris Dwan (he/him) @somershade.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I kinda miss the Scots.

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 29/07/2026

enjoying imagining the discussion among editors in which they determined if this ought to be pluralized as Spider-Mans, Spider-Men, or Spiders-Man

The former World Liberty adviser said the scenario reminded him of the meme in which two Spider-Mans point at each other.

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Eastcoastitnotes @eastcoastitnotes.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

look do you want the ideas or not

Panel 1: a man wearing aface with the letters "ADHD" on it throws up his hands and exclaims "I have so many ideas!"
Panel 2: a man in a tie next to him asks "Good ideas?"
Panel 3: ADHD man stares at him
Panel 4: the man in the tie repeats himself asking "Are they good-" The ADHD man interupts saying "No" firmly

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I need a meme where Satan is checking his tracking info for Mitch McConnell's soul and it says "label created."

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Peter Cheung @bostonaruban.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Louisa Gag Ghost Bike Installed.

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Winfield Peterson @winfieldpeterson.com · 16/07/2026

Thanks for the thread. I wouldn't have expected to find you quoting Herb Dean while talking about bicycle safety, but it's apt.

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Chris Dwan (he/him) @somershade.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Every cyclist - and frankly every person on the road - should understand that the right side of a vehicle is a danger zone when it turns right. The longer the vehicle, the more sharply the rear wheels will cut the corner, potentially crushing anything and anybody that was too close. 1/?

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

In 60 days or so, we’ll face an election we can’t successfully win without a landslide. Any low-percentage win and they’ll do what we know they already know exactly how to do, and more. We’ve all seen it happen. So we need that landslide victory. We all must vote.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Another great chart from Lenny Rachitsky’s survey of how tech workers feel about their jobs. That the fear of AI’s impact on their jobs is more that they will be overworked following layoffs (52%) than that AI will take their jobs (22%) totally resonates given my observations.

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Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 07/07/2026

From a Head of Engineering who spent a week in SF, meeting a bunch of AI startups: "When I was back, I wrote a memo about my impressions. The #1 was how these amazing startups I met: they mostly did not have a business. But we do. So be VERY careful in copying what they do." (cont'd)

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A typical afternoon trying to get Claude to follow instructions.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I believe this given the amount of bad decision making that’s happening in corporate America today that only makes sense if you assume CEOs are getting sycophantic advice from LLMs instead of actual humans.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 19/06/2026

Partway through Bridget Read's unmissable chronicle of pyramid ("multi-level marketing") schemes, *Little Bosses Everywhere*, there comes a dual revelation: no one is selling any product to end-users *and* no one knows it: pluralistic.net/2025/05/05/f... 1/

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Happy Juneteenth. Remember when we were hopeful about the future?

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Bikepedantic @pedantic.bike · 11/06/2026

Ridiculous Cambridge turkeys go after a @ridebluebikes.bsky.social rider www.reddit.com/r/CambridgeM...

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

A cartoon in which the speech bubbles are categorised by colour.

Panel 1: A man cooks dinner for a woman who is looking at his bookshelves.
He calls from the kitchen"I hope you're not judging me on my bookshelves?" (Blue)
She replies "Haha, no!" (Orange)

Panel 2: She takes a book off the shelf and asks
"Have you read all of these?" (Blue)
He replies "Of course!" (Orange)

Panel 3: she leafs through the book and asks
"Can I borrow this?' (Blue)
He replies "Sure, I love lending my books!" (Orange)

The key below explains that Blue represents a question and orange represents a lie.

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Harrison Mooney @harrisonmooney.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The hottest new lifestyle trend is cooking and eating the food you have at home. It’s called fridgemaxxing

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

I expect tech companies to be hit by a triple whammy in the coming months 1. Rising AI token costs. 2. The realization churning out more code doesn’t necessarily translate to business or customer value and is in fact worse in some cases. 3. Fewer employees to clean up the mess post-layoffs.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

This is so spot on

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Yes, I agree. Only billionaires should be allowed on this mission. As many of them as possible. We wouldn't want any of them to feel left out! What an exciting opportunity for all of us.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Ed Zitron whenever an AI company talks about their revenue or profits.

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