iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Nathan Newman @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Roughly a quarter of Americans consider themselves to be democratic socialists - more than consider themselves allied with the MAGA movement. Which translates into roughly half of Democrats considering themselves democratic socialists AP-NORC poll apnorc.org/wp-content/u...

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."

Ukrainian female soldier: Okay, I said the idea is this: There is enough time to empty one full can of 32 grenades and be gone by the time the return mortar fire reaches us. I did the math.

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

When I was a kid, Macy’s had an outstanding toy department.

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

He must’ve forgot to use Grok to power that site.

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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Fun fact: the U.S. House can sue a sitting president with a simple majority vote. If the Democrats retake the chamber, they should do more than just "investigate" Trump's corruption. They should sue him in federal court for the illegal ballroom, Qatari jet, and more.

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Remembering Amazon’s early days when it was losing a lot of money, it never had a negative gross profit, even with all the discounting.

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The compute costs are endemic, and will not magically evaporate. If you view them as cost of goods sold, there is no path to a positive gross profit.

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You must have been on Threads again.

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Here’s one that can save $1,000,000,000,000: Medicare For All And eliminate the Trump tax cuts.

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I bought my first electric bass at 73

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

He’ll go down faster than Bloomberg did and we won’t need Liz Warren to eviscerate him.

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Sara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

He imposed Shania Law

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It’s true. I am passing on knowledge except that which requires the use of proper nouns.

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's not just in the sense that the law must apply equally to all people and in the sense that many who committed similar crimes will walk. But it's imperative we make several prominent examples of Trump officials for no other reason that their lives will serve as a warning to others.

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

been thinkin about how robots are gonna kill us

Scratchy drawing of a two panel comic.
Panel 1:
Titled:“How we thought robots would kill us”
A robot shoots a human to death with a gun. It screams “Die flesh sack”

Panel 2:
Titled “How robots will actually kill us”
A MediBot is injecting something into a humans arm. The bot says “Whooops. I injected you with cancer instead of insulin. That’s on me”

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Can’t eat a sandwich until you subscribe to sandwiches. Can’t eat today’s sandwich until it has applied daily sandwich updates. Sandwich now has adverts even though you paid for ad-free sandwich. Can pay again to have less sandwich adverts. Now you can eat the sandwich, but it’s smaller.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

we used to be a proper country.

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Most people assume the borrowing is to provide funds for spending, but it doesn't work that way.

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Of course, Congress could change that too and not automatically borrow to offset deficits. There is inflation risk there but it is not absolute. That is something that maybe should be a regular decision depending on economic conditions.

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If Congress approves all spending and congress approves all taxation it doesn't need a crutch to control borrowing. If spending is higher than revenue, the difference must be borrowed under current law.

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

And penalties have to be more than fines. The wealthy will always find ways to stay wealthy. The only thing that matters is the risk of losing their freedom.

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Dan Ancona @danancona.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is utterly enraging and I gotta be honest, I have no idea how to fix it. It’s a symptom of a much, much deeper problem. The next two years are just going to be a slog.

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The biggest mistake after the 2008 meltdown was that Obama didn’t prosecute anybody. Fines never work because the wealthy find ways to be wealthy. The one thing they can’t get back is their freedom when you take it.

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Add “artificial” to the list of words he does not know the meaning of.

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It may have escaped your notice that per Trump, all US government documents referring to what we mortals call artificial intelligence will use the term superintelligence because “use of the word artificial makes intelligence fake, it makes it sound fake” and the technology is real!

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

If Ashley wants to suspend the gas tax, but make sure to replenish the highway trust fund (from the general fund I assume), that is a major change in tax policy.

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Already got a bunch of great Jewish delis, and some are Kosher.

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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Bonus for whoever wrote this chyron

Trump speaking at UN — MS NOW chyron reads: Trump touts being a peacemaker while asking if he should annihilate Iran

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 21/09/2026

I’m partial to Lina Khan’s idea that we should just enforce the laws that we already in place

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

When the AI bubble bursts you can say you read why here. www.axios.com/newsletters/...

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🤖 Too interconnected to fail

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Of course there is nothing wrong with marrying (or having children with) your second cousin. In about half the states you can even marry your first cousin. In rural areas with smaller populations you’re more likely to socialize with extended family.

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“I’m not going to bring up the fact that the mother of his two children is his second cousin.” Ms. Collins said during an interview with Politico. “I don’t know whether people know that or not.” Northern Maine is culturally similar to rural West Virginia. This will not help her like she thinks.

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

First article in the “How President Trump Broke…” series.

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

“elegant” isn’t in Trump’s vocabulary but it is in that of technologists. My question is: who wrote this?

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The wealthy are the best at getting free shit.

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

“elegant” isn’t in Trump’s vocabulary but it is in that of technologists. My question is: who wrote this?

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Well, they did pass the Epstein law. How’s that going?

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I’d be satisfied with reducing it to what the constitution says it is.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

EXCLUSIVE: In a 20-page order, the judge in my lawsuit for the Epstein Files just ordered Todd Blanche to produce to him, in chambers & by 9/24, the unredacted handwritten FBI notes implicating Donald Trump in the sexual & physical abuse of a 13-year-old girl: youtu.be/Yo1ZUGe_O4o?...

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Trump DOJ ORDERED To HAND Judge UNREDACTED EPSTEIN Files!?!

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

That’s the usual. Since 1960 5 have lost and 1 has won.

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Never is incorrect. George HW Bush is the only modern exception to the rule.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Democratic strategists: Ahhh! What's the right message!!?? Where do we moderate!?!? Jon Ossoff: This administration is horrible. I hate these people. We should put them in jail. I'm pissed Voters: This guy is cool Strategists: I can't figure it out!!!!!

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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

AI is analogous to the gas engine. It’s only as dangerous as the driver or the one giving orders to the driver. Of course gas engines have been directly involved in the death of millions, both intentional and accidental. And we do heavily regulate gas engine machines.

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It does seem to me that the call from AI companies for regulation is intended to make it impossible for upstarts to compete.

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Eric Riback @kreplachbro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

There’s a proposal for universal health insurance in New York and our assemblymember has a good presentation explaining the dollars and cents. youtu.be/7kaK4nKRiPQ?...

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NY Health Act Town Hall w/Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha

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