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DJ Uncle Fishbits

@unclefishbits.bsky.social

1.6K followers 4.4K following 7.9K posts

Not that kind of DJ. Resident circa '05: Science Humanism Philosophy Skepticism. Dogs. Transparency / Privacy / Art / Photo. Incessant Rambling, Arcane Minutia. Hotel guy, love economics, not much tech. Where I'm at! https://linktr.ee/unclefishbits

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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · Mar 26

Tech has really ruined a lot, but the next frontier of not ruining things is medical.

Nobel prize for mRNA vaccines is appropriate.
www.pennmedicine.org/mrna

Initial mRNA vaccines being worked on with this technique.

This list, from the above website, is LITERALLY WHAT THE VACCINES WILL CURE:

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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 3h

This is stark raving insanity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 3h

"Ease of access is not the only reason a chimpanzee will launch feces. When a chimp is in captivity, throwing poop is likely to cause a reaction... Chimps will begin to associate the act (throwing fecal matter) to a response (usually surprise or horror)."

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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 8h

You know Radiohead got their name from a song by David Byrne who wrote it because Stephen Tobolowsky could hear "tones" in his noggin'. That guy from Groundhog Day and Sneakers.

www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comme...

DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 8h

You know Radiohead got their name from a song by David Byrne who wrote it because Stephen Tobolowsky could hear "tones" in his noggin'. That guy from Groundhog Day.

www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comme...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

So no terrorism then?

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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 8h

If you needed a laugh, best use of this meme I've seen.

DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 9h

Also a spear closet!

DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 10h

Absurdism is a powerful tool of righteousness and freedom.

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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 10h

ICE amps up its surveillance powers, targeting immigrants and antifa - The Washington Post share.google/MLfYFysCAnRq...

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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 10h

Antifa isn't a thing. It's so funny. There's no newsletter and there's no email blast.

The last time antifa was organized was this:

DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 10h

This is a profoundly interesting statement.

The alignment of politics lacking empathy and a shared enthusiasm about using artificial intelligence (a hoover vacuum thieving endless human works), without irony or self-reflection?

That's interesting. 🧐 🤔

Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 11h

AI is truly the medium of fascists.

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hikikomorphism @hikikomorphism.bsky.social · 1d

This is my actual theory of history: we live in a simulation and that simulation has writers and those writers are writing really dumb unsubtle hamfisted political satire

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 21d

4 panel comic

Panel 1: ICE “Agent” (thug) punches protester hard in the face.
Agent: STOP

Panel 2: ICE Agent viciously snaps protester’s arm
Agent: BEING

Panel 3: ICE Agent strangles protester
Agent: POLITICALLY

Panel 4: ICE Agent stamps on protester’s head
Agent: VIOLENT

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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 10h

One crazy thing about the way that the world has sped up in the last decade - vacation.

The cost of a stay at a world class luxury resort 10 years ago could be $500 to $1,000. Maybe $2,000.

Those same spots are $3,000 to $5,000 a night now.

But there is never a recession at the top.

DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 11h

So when I click on the list, am I supposed to subscribe to it which subscribes me to everything or how do I block?

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onion person @junlper.beer · 12h

would be very fun to make all of trumps regimes bluesky accounts the most blocked accounts on bluesky

eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 1d

white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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April @charliesaduck.bsky.social · 1d

Check out the Patriot Duck🦆 in PDX 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 11h

Undies Prince!

DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 11h

Some librarian yelling "Shhhh!!!"

a librarian is sitting at a desk in front of a bookshelf

ALT: a librarian is sitting at a desk in front of a bookshelf

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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 11h

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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 18d

What if artificial intelligence taking over the world is really that it is just interrupting workflow and ruining our mental health because it doesn't work right, but it just had to be used as marketing that every company integrated ai?

DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 11h

This is absolutely fantastic, a sober centrist and grounded look past all the PT Barnum stuff.

Anil Dash @anildash.com · 1d

Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!

The Majority AI View - Anil Dash

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

anildash.com

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 11h

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 14h

You hate it how companies like Google and Microsoft keep shoving AI down your throats, you have no idea how much worse this is for tech workers in regular companies, who have to actually report on how this crap improves productivity.

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 15h

“People [in tech jobs] worry that not being seen as uncritical AI cheerleaders will be a career-limiting move…for those who aren't insiders in the tech industry, it's vital that you understand that you've been presented with an extremely distorted view about what tech workers really think about AI”

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 13h

MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12h

Whoever came up with the idea of mocking this gratuitously cruel regime with cute, nonthreatening plastic frogs really hit a gold mine. The clever imagery has made it all the way across the Atlantic.

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Jana H-S (they/she) @jana-aych-ess.bsky.social · 6d

a great deal of ink has been spilled over things such as "cancel culture". unimaginable volumes of ink. ink that flows through the soil. the rivers. it darkens the sea. the midnight zone is steadily rising. somewhere there is a fish born without functional eyes. it will thrive

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