iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Kim Guillyfoyle asking a donor for $100K to cover her credit card debt before starting in her new role as Ambassador to Greece. "Deters didn’t ultimately make the payment, telling Guilfoyle it would cost him his marriage." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

1101932512

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 16h

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)

91125214276

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious.

5162611731

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

They will have to invent books after stealing our books to feed their machines that then killed books.

301157182

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

UPDATE: Trump just awarded another $3 BILLION military contract to a company backed by his son Don Jr. (and Peter Thiel) — what skilled businessmen these Trumps are! Robbing the American taxpayer in broad daylight.

17931161867

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.

7069281898

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Nurse Lady

5818

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We need a left wing tabloid for stories just like this

111335

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Saying he'd be cool with Iran nuking my home city is pretty bad but not quite as bad as when Hillary said some trump supporters were deplorable so I can see why the media turned the latter into a major scandal and not the former

423358711

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Small Theories @smalltheories.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Apparently a campaign ad becomes a “public service announcement” when the public starts paying for it.

0124

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Jade 🪶 @nerdynurse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Patriarchy is when "I have a boyfriend" stops a man faster than "No." When an invisible man gets more respect than the woman standing right there.

08125

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Melayna @melaynalokosky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Morgan Evelyn Cook, cooks in this video: "Make love to AI"

03914

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Five-byline alert: 🚨 “.. In the last hours of Kristi Noem’s tenure as the homeland security secretary, her agency delivered a windfall to one of her political donors by buying five airplanes from the man’s firm at a substantial markup ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...

54987467

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I know this isn’t useful but it’s weird how “the president should be coherent” was a Very Important Thing just a few years ago and then suddenly wasn’t.

17058731199

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Jim Musil Painter @jimmusilpainter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Send this to a painter struggling with clouds. If you struggle painting clouds, start by mixing the right colors. Follow for more tips and happy painting!

335150

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026

The municipality thought they had 52 cameras. “But as they prepared to remove them, they discovered 14 more that they hadn’t known about and that the county hadn’t permitted.”

washingtonpost.com

Florida county discovers mysterious Flock cameras with no obvious owner

Officials say they don’t know who installed the controversial cameras or how the data was being used. Residents are unnerved.

27025

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Pé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's weird how the federal government is constantly being hacked after DOGE gutted the government's cybersecurity agencies.

692166800

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

8 Matts in a Duffel Bag @scratchbomb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

this is how a cartoon dog would stand if it was about to be lifted in the air by the aroma of a delicious pie

892630286

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Ozma @rowyourbot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I hate this dishonesty of pretending it's too hard to make a decent world when it's mere obsequiousness to those profiting from indecency.

051

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

this really is impeachable for any president, but really grotesque coming from a regime that cut life-saving development aid because they said it was not efficient

192036615

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Q: Who should be held accountable when the AI agents commit a crime? TRUMP: It's not AI. That's the other thing. We changed the name officially today to SI. Like sigh.

167658108

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 29/09/2026

The White House is using funds meant to protect the country from terror attacks to illegally fund campaign commercials. Another flagrant example of how this administration’s rampant corruption and lawlessness hurt our national security.

30318117

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

long road ahead for whichever neo-Nazi Trump staffer is tasked with doing brain surgery on the AI-powered America-dot-gov site

A screenshot from America.gov showing a question and answer about tariffs.

Header: America.gov with a small U.S. flag and a "Menu" button.

Question in a light blue bubble: "Who pays for tariffs on goods being imported to America, American importers or foreign exporters?"

Answer text: "U.S. importers pay the tariff to the government. Foreign exporters do not pay U.S. Customs.

• When goods enter the United States, the importer of record is legally responsible for any duty. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
• CBP collects that duty at the port of entry. CBP: customs duty
• A tariff is a tax on imported goods. Who ultimately bears the cost in prices (importer, U.S. buyer, or foreign seller) depends on the market; that is separate from who must pay CBP. BLS

Duty rates come from the Harmonized Tariff Schedule. CBP makes the final determination of what is owed."

America.gov Menu Who in America is entitled to due process? The U.S. Constitution says the government may not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. The Fifth Amendment applies that rule to the federal government. The Fourteenth Amendment applies the same rule to state governments. Official annotations treat this as covering persons, not only citizens. Congress’s Constitution Annotated also notes that people already present in the United States—including those whose presence is unlawful, involuntary, or transitory—are entitled to due process protection in that setting. What process is required depends on the situation; that is decided case by case. Sources: National Archives; Constitution Annotated (Fifth Amendment procedure); Constitution Annotated (aliens who have entered).

832758

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hahahahaha come on! If you ever wanted a better example of MAGA media presenting an alternate universe to its base, you'd be hard pressed to find one.

47774117

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Senator Dr. John Brown stan account, Esq., PhD, MD, JD, LCSW @johnbrownstan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The rules are that if you're a Dem and you refuse to answer questions they find your daughter's college roommate's best friend to give some quotes to form the basis of a new drumbeat story, but if you're a Republican 🤷

06213

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026

Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴

52272342591

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Animals are really a great analogy, we have a legal construct already for "thing that you own which behaves unpredictably" and the standard is "you are responsible for the damage it causes so make sure you restrain it appropriately."

24610

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

More Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

@aoc.bsky.social: The best thing that we can do to rein in runaway costs at private institutions is by having tuition free public colleges and universities. “For anyone who wants to say that that’s pie in the sky and unrealistic… this is literally what baby boomers gave themselves.”

261203269

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I feel like society is running on Aldous Huxley software and the government is running on George Orwell software

521177165

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

chat is this good?

11342881092

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.

546156776032

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

a president planning military operations based entirely on election cycles is actually a giant scandal

412449578

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Robert Vaux @rvaux16.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

139190

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/09/2026

Q: Mr President, did you call on President Xi to stop buying oil from Iran? TRUMP: ... Q: What about guardrails on AI? TRUMP: ... Q: Why are you banning media outlets? TRUMP: ... Q: Should US taxpayers pay for ads about you? TRUMP: *walks away*

1342409748

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Since Jan 2025, he's conducted a murder spree in the Caribbean, kidnapped another nation's leader, launched an illegal war, ordered the abduction & disappearance of tens of thousands of ppl, imposed illegal tariffs, & flatly ignored more laws & court orders than I can count. And there he sits. 3/3

36112

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Brian McNoldy @bmcnoldy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Unlike tropical cyclones in the Atlantic and East Pacific which get assigned names from a fresh alphabetical list each year, the Central Pacific uses four alphabetical lists sequentially... that is, the first storm this year picks up where the last storm left off, even it was several years ago.

5327

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

WSJ: The AI build-out is on track to become the biggest economic bet in US history, dwarfing the investments made to fund other huge US infrastructure projects — such as the railroads, the highway system and the plumbing for the internet.” (via Jefferies)

38505182

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Saudis gave: -book many rooms at Trump hotels, sometimes overpaying -real estate deals with the Trump Org -fees to host LIV Golf -$2b to Jared Kushner's investment firm over financial advisor objection -more Saudis got: -arms deal -Khashoggi murder investigation dropped -end of JCPOA -uranium deal

foreignpolicy.com

Saudi Arabia Bribed the Wrong People

Riyadh’s bet on Trumpism has failed.

730651

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026

why is alleged private citizen Ivanka Trump sitting by JD Vance, Rubio, and Bessent?

2761888481

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"Peter Thiel: -mentioned in ~3,000 Epstein file documents -exchanged ~2,000 emails with Epstein -swapped strategies with Epstein to avoid the IRS tracking their hidden wealth This is the guy who helped our vice-president in key moments in his career."

9225061186

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

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

Remember when they said (lied) that USAID was corrupt? $400 million was handed out to 30 countries, with no real oversight and with workarounds to bypass human rights safeguards typically given to U.S. foreign assistance payments. Immigration is just a giant trough of corruption right now.

10611249

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

me: no worries (galadriel voice) but they were all of them deceived, for another worry was made

242629615

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026

Ossoff: "What did they spend the most political capital trying to do over the last 18 months? Cover up the Epstein files. They worked harder to cover up the Epstein files than they ever did to lower grocery prices."

289220146791

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

32. The pollster speculated that the reason might be gas prices or AI. But I think it's diesel. We may be approaching a tipping point, as we did during the pandemic, after which the crisis can no longer be contained.

1596

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Mother of Renee Good: I voted for Trump under the impression that these agents were here to protect the citizens of the US, innocents like our family and the others here, against terrorists. Certainly not to accuse those of us here of being terrorists and take precious lives. This is madness.

70257781838

Reposted by @barbarasauce.bsky.social

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/09/2026

Well, *fuck*. California AG Rob Bonta just surrendered to the Trump-aligned billionaires who want to take over and destroy Warners, merging it with the chudded-out husk of Paramount, leaving these two corrupt assholes to control Warners, Paramount *and* Tiktok: www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

The Warner Brothers tower. It has been tinted orange and is leaning at a 30-40' angle. It is surmounted by Trump's hair. The tower is wavering. The background is ominous, red-tinged clouds, through which peek a marching army of banner-waving demons.

Image:
Todd Dwyer (modified)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Warner_Bros_Water_Tower_-_panoramio.jpg

CC BY-SA 3.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

7288108