iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Ann Smith

c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 2h

Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.

From DISCVR blog's Facebook page, a momma bear & a yearling cub on her back in the shallow water. I think the background has been swapped out, and I can't rule out some AI use there? God, Facebook has become the social media for AI slop : (

The title of the article, which I link below, is "How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack"

232176732

Reposted by Ann Smith

Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 6h

🚨🚨 @coe.int of Europe said yesterday that the #US formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or #GRECO. Only two other countries have left GRECO before — #Russia and #Belarus. The fall of the #US on the world scene is striking. apnews.com/article/trum...

apnews.com

US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups

The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog.

46593402

Reposted by Ann Smith

Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 4h

The co-pilot seems to have tried to crash it into the ground with a full cabin of (mostly Israeli) civilians. Was stopped by his pilot that got stabbed in the process passengers interfered and another crew on the flight landed it in Saudi Arabia. Israel’s treating it as a terror attack for now.

918780

Reposted by Ann Smith

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12h

Trump White House misspells “United” on the official “super intelligence” document with AI executives. Instead of “President of the United States,” it reads: “President of the Unites States.” Nothing says “super intelligence” quite like misspelling the name of the country.

Screenshot of a Truth Social post from Donald J. Trump’s verified @realDonaldTrump account displaying a signed document titled “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities.” The document outlines voluntary AI safety and oversight commitments for companies developing frontier artificial intelligence models. On the right side are signatures and company labels for leaders including Sundar Pichai of Google, Dario Amodei of Anthropic, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Greg Brockman of OpenAI, Elon Musk of xAI, and Jensen Huang of Nvidia. Near the center-right, Donald J. Trump’s large signature appears above the printed title identifying him as president. The title contains a noticeable typo: instead of “President of the United States,” it reads, “President of the Unites States,” misspelling “United” as “Unites.”

51664721880

Reposted by Ann Smith

Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 19h

#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the third-country removals case; clears way for Trump admin. to continue removing non-citizens without a full chance to litigate the conditions in those countries (while also taking up the full merits appeal).

931084470

Reposted by Ann Smith

Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026

Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.

wisn.com

Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport

Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.

121101602616

Reposted by Ann Smith

Anil Dash @anildash.com · 29/09/2026

You will be able to set your watch by the frequency with which Musk sets his minions on people during this case, using their usual tactics of death threats and doxxing. And media will cover none of it.

8889227

Reposted by Ann Smith

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 29/09/2026

"Charlie Brown should not criticize Lucy for pulling the football away. He should say he is disappointed that some stakeholders have chosen not to participate in good-faith autumn recreation." buff.ly/X2RjqP5

buff.ly

“Charlie Brown Must Stay the Course”: A Football Kick Autopsy Report by the Democratic Party

“While Charlie Brown did once again accelerate toward the ball, miss the ball entirely as Lucy pulled it away, flip backward through the air, and land violen...

17118

Reposted by Ann Smith

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's a good day to google "Foxconn," "Wisconsin," "Trump," "2018," "13,000 jobs" and "didn't happen, didn't even come close"

15759193

Reposted by Ann Smith

Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 28/09/2026

Trump's nominee to lead the FDA refused to say whether she thinks mifepristone—which has been approved by the FDA for DECADES—is safe. Medication abortion is the most common way women access abortion in America. Every Senator must vote NO.

1018170

Reposted by Ann Smith

Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"To say that we're gob smacked is an understatement" Cultural Landscape Foundation blisters Team Trump for shutting down public comment on Trump Monumental Arch Group says Trump Admin has deemed 1000's of public concerns about Arch to be "meaningless, unimportant & of no value whatsoever"

591180536

Reposted by Ann Smith

Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026

ICE is now lying in wait outside convenience stores, or at busy intersections. Agents are arresting people at international airports. Local police and sheriffs, deputized by the federal government, are detaining immigrants during traffic stops. ICE is now detaining more immigrants than ever before.

A chart that shows a timeline of ICE immigration enforcement against different significant events (Los Angeles raids, Minneapolis and Chicago raids), with a line in late March 2026 that says "New enforcement strategy begins" before a peak of over 1,500 daily arrests in July 2026.

22674445

Reposted by Ann Smith

Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026

As has long been the case, ICE works with jails and prisons to take custody of immigrants after they have been booked in. Since Trump took office last year, only 46% of detainees have been previously convicted of crimes.

A chart showing immigration arrests by transfer from jail or prison, with daily arrests peaking over 600 in July 2026.

2307101

Reposted by Ann Smith

Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026

The biggest category of arrests this summer were people on probation, picked up by immigration officers at their work, or who were arrested in communities across the country.

A chart showing immigration arrests by immigration enforcement in communities, where arrests peaked in late June 2026 at over 1,000 per day.

130384

Reposted by Ann Smith

Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026

Gone are the mass raids and militarized metro operations. Gone are the pomp and pageantry. But ICE arrests have hit record levels. ICE operations are no longer concentrated in large American cities. Immigration enforcement officials are also working in suburban and rural areas, all across the US.

A map of the United States that shows immigration arrests per 100,000 people since ICE's new enforcement strategy began under DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin.

18822488

Reposted by Ann Smith

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New: hackers say they have personal data on all FBI employees and spouses. I got a sample of 5,000 alleged employees, including name, physical address, phone number, and in some cases spouses. Could be a massive national security and counterintelligence risk www.404media.co/we-hacked-th...

404media.co

‘We Hacked the FBI:’ Hackers Say They Have Data on All FBI Employees

A sample of 5,000 alleged agents seen by 404 Media includes names, addresses, phone numbers, and details on FBI employees' spouses.

1351367582

Reposted by Ann Smith

Mikael Thalen @mikaelthalen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

NEW: The ShinyHunters ransomware gang has leaked more than a half-million files from the Florida DMV, including scans of passports, Social Security cards, driver's licenses,  resident alien cards, vehicle titles, refugee travel documents and permanent resident cards. san.com/cc/ransomwar...

san.com

Ransomware gang leaks more than half a million files after Florida DMV hack

Scans of passports, driver’s licenses and Social Security cards are among the more than 500k files leaked after a hack of the Florida DMV.

04611

Reposted by Ann Smith

Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 27/09/2026

When asked why he doesn’t become an independent, U.S. Sen. John Fetterman responded: “Because I’m a lifelong Republican.” After realizing his slip-up, Fetterman laughed and said: “That’ll get clipped.” He then corrected himself and said he's a lifelong Democrat. #TribFest26

151909419

Reposted by Ann Smith

Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

wtf with this guy?

3028869

Reposted by Ann Smith

James Ryan @jdryan08.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

NYC spends approximately $200,000 a year for every inmate in the corrections system. It spends about $27,000 a year for every student enrolled in CUNY.

3407119

Reposted by Ann Smith

Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A little #poem for cat lovers. Happy #Caturday

311223209

Reposted by Ann Smith

lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 25/09/2026

"china is charging their cars in less time than it takes you to fill up your F-150" is the kind of banal jingoism i always assumed would get us finally kicking it up a notch on serious infrastructure buildout but we were a lot more directly addicted to gasoline in addition to racism than i thought

794363852

Reposted by Ann Smith

James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ken Paxton keeps dodging debates. So I called his cell to invite him to a debate on Fox News. He didn’t pick up.

579175994489

Reposted by Ann Smith

WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Latvia’s border guard says cables were cut and surveillance cameras were knocked out on the border with Russia and Belarus. www.rs.gov.lv/lv/projekts/...

318341

Reposted by Ann Smith

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is the trailer that all the major platforms refuse to run as a paid ad:

141215587

Reposted by Ann Smith

Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026

Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all

7359701995

Reposted by Ann Smith

roterote @roterote.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is a terrible ruling, but it is limited in scope. States will need to voluntarily participate in Trump’s voter purge scheme. So Republican run States will do it, most Democratic States will not. Now is the right time to yell at your State’s Secretary of State to not rig the election for MAGA.

reuters.com

Supreme Court restores Trump's mass voter verification system

The US Supreme Court revived on Friday an expanded immigration database that President Donald Trump's administration said aims to combat voting by noncitizens but critics contend could disenfranchise ...

42921

Reposted by Ann Smith

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Once again, the Supreme Court prioritizes imaginary harms done to Trump by not allowing him to indulge in his conspiracy theories, as opposed to the very real harm done to citizens who may lose the ability to vote in this case.

412099712

Reposted by Ann Smith

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

That’s all the national security justification needed to tear the thing down and start over.

27464156

Reposted by Ann Smith

Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Collins defended her Kav vote, said ending Roe "has not had an impact on the state of Maine" @asfried.bsky.social debunks: "while Maine women can now access abortion in Maine, they don’t always stay in Maine. With Roe overturned, Maine women traveling out of state face real and dangerous risks"

1115552

Reposted by Ann Smith

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.

When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."

Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.

21188033843

Reposted by Ann Smith

Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

NO FLUID was found in Nolan Wells' lungs or airways, per the autopsy report by the Mississippi State Medical Examiner. How do you die by "accidental drowning" if there is no water in your lungs?

791175385784

Reposted by Ann Smith

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/09/2026

Doesn’t look like Trump tried too hard to reach an agreement on AI. Keep in mind, Trump says we have to go full speed ahead building data centers because we have to “beat China.” CURRENT DATA CENTER COUNT: 🇺🇸 United States: 5,427 🇨🇳 China: 449 We’re already ahead by more than 12 to 1

149471248

Reposted by Ann Smith

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026

Netanyahu after the UNGA emptied out ahead of his speech: "If there any other moral cowards who have not left the hall, please do so now."

4062388583

Reposted by Ann Smith

Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.

42103094364

Reposted by Ann Smith

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Not a shock that DHS got key facts re alleged voting fraud completely wrong. The question is why do traditional news outlets often just run with initial press releases from DHS or Trump controlled agencies writ large as if they were legit and feature their framing in headlines, leads?

34015

Reposted by Ann Smith

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

there are agreements, and these third countries sometimes agree to adhere to the 1951 Refugee Convention. but there are no enforcement mechanisms, no evident follow-up, no assessment of the human rights (as required by law) of the recipient country. just a horror show.

311417

Reposted by Ann Smith

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026

Melania Trump did interviews on both Fox networks today and I can't really figure out why. Usually she has something to plug (a movie or book) but she didn't have anything to promote this time. Maybe the idea is that getting her on TV helps Trump. In any event it was abnormal.

1371404165

Reposted by Ann Smith

Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

DHS keeps tweeting at me instead of answering a simple question: How does shooting a DoorDash driver in the back in Austin make anyone safer?

419656

Reposted by Ann Smith

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The SNAP stuff was the part that they allowed to take effect before the midterms. That gives you a sense of just how awful the Medicaid stuff they are holding until after the midterms will be.

5344150

Reposted by Ann Smith

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 23/09/2026

Five cops in Indianapolis were just criminally charged with abusing Flock to spy on their ex-wives, their wives' ex-partners and women they met on duty. Audit was triggered by us at the @washingtonpost.com, the prosecutor said. From last month: wapo.st/4yfNHng

12652551582

Reposted by Ann Smith

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

L - Tom Emmer in 2024 on the House subpoenaing Hunter Biden. R - Tom Emmer today on why the House shouldn’t investigate Don Jr: He’s a private citizen.

21634751218

Reposted by Ann Smith

John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

As shocking as this case is I know @czedwards.bsky.social is shaking their head at the same thing I am - this is some PISS POOR MONEY LAUNDERING. Check 1001 of a brand new account? Jesus we used to be a proper country.

A check made out for
$150,000 to Susan Collins’s
PAC, check number 1001

461566344

Reposted by Ann Smith

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 23/09/2026

Wilber Rafael Garces Perez is the third DoorDash driver known to have been shot by ICE, but the company has remained silent — and complicit. Delete your DoorDash app and account until they take decisive action to protect their drivers from ICE.

deletedoordash.com

Delete DoorDash: our demands

Our demands for DoorDash on ICE raids, H.R. 9720, and the DC task force. How to close your account until it answers.

18475240

Reposted by Ann Smith

Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Yet another way in which Trump's corruption (pardoning cronies) specifically harms everyday Americans (freeing them from paying $1.7 billion—BILLION—owed to victims).

28740

Reposted by Ann Smith

JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is still happening, every day, at airports across the USA.

510149

Reposted by Ann Smith

Flying Mezerkis @bananapantz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We’re deporting people to Myanmar? That’s insane.

3197