TJ
@senatorjohn.bsky.social
i run uncertain.fm 🏴☠️
i write code that makes radio 🤖
i play the music at Boston Bruins games 🐻
he/him📍aquatown/boston
@uncertain.fm / @worbler.bsky.social
i write code that makes radio 🤖
i play the music at Boston Bruins games 🐻
he/him📍aquatown/boston
@uncertain.fm / @worbler.bsky.social
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TJ
@senatorjohn.bsky.social
· Jul 27
i built an ad-free listener-supported internet radio station. we play new music, forgotten classics, indie, alternative and some deeply weird stuff.
i write the software that runs it (worbler.bsky.social) and from time to time get to be one of the many real-live-human DJs making shows: uncertain.fm
i write the software that runs it (worbler.bsky.social) and from time to time get to be one of the many real-live-human DJs making shows: uncertain.fm
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UP NEXT: UNCERTAIN #744 with @senatorjohn.bsky.social
first aired thu nov 27 2025 • featuring The Magnetic Fields, XTC, Laura Branigan, The Farm, Cyndi Lauper, and A Taste of Honey
listen now on uncertain.fm
first aired thu nov 27 2025 • featuring The Magnetic Fields, XTC, Laura Branigan, The Farm, Cyndi Lauper, and A Taste of Honey
listen now on uncertain.fm
November 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
UP NEXT: UNCERTAIN #744 with @senatorjohn.bsky.social
first aired thu nov 27 2025 • featuring The Magnetic Fields, XTC, Laura Branigan, The Farm, Cyndi Lauper, and A Taste of Honey
listen now on uncertain.fm
first aired thu nov 27 2025 • featuring The Magnetic Fields, XTC, Laura Branigan, The Farm, Cyndi Lauper, and A Taste of Honey
listen now on uncertain.fm
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Look! A planet! The sun always looms a violent topaz. If there are capybaras there, perhaps we might grow old.
November 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Look! A planet! The sun always looms a violent topaz. If there are capybaras there, perhaps we might grow old.
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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UP NEXT: UNCERTAIN #744 with @senatorjohn.bsky.social
first aired thu nov 27 2025 • featuring They Might Be Giants, Madonna, Laura Branigan, Carly Simon, Living Colour, and Avril Lavigne
listen now on uncertain.fm
first aired thu nov 27 2025 • featuring They Might Be Giants, Madonna, Laura Branigan, Carly Simon, Living Colour, and Avril Lavigne
listen now on uncertain.fm
November 28, 2025 at 3:02 AM
UP NEXT: UNCERTAIN #744 with @senatorjohn.bsky.social
first aired thu nov 27 2025 • featuring They Might Be Giants, Madonna, Laura Branigan, Carly Simon, Living Colour, and Avril Lavigne
listen now on uncertain.fm
first aired thu nov 27 2025 • featuring They Might Be Giants, Madonna, Laura Branigan, Carly Simon, Living Colour, and Avril Lavigne
listen now on uncertain.fm
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some live morning radio for you this Tday from @senatorjohn.bsky.social on @uncertain.fm 📻 🦃
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
some live morning radio for you this Tday from @senatorjohn.bsky.social on @uncertain.fm 📻 🦃
good morning thanksgiving! i'm leading off our long day of fresh new radio and it starts now! uncertain.fm
November 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
good morning thanksgiving! i'm leading off our long day of fresh new radio and it starts now! uncertain.fm
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if you did this 200 years ago they’d drown you in a lake
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
if you did this 200 years ago they’d drown you in a lake
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If you are traveling, or about to, make the process more enjoyable with 2 hours of cover songs over at uncertain.fm
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving!
UP NEXT: COVER LOVER #202 with @wymer.bsky.social
first aired tue nov 25 2025 • featuring Gregtronic, Bruce Springsteen, Steely Dance, The Macarons Project, Gossip, and Cynthia Erivo
listen now on uncertain.fm
first aired tue nov 25 2025 • featuring Gregtronic, Bruce Springsteen, Steely Dance, The Macarons Project, Gossip, and Cynthia Erivo
listen now on uncertain.fm
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If you are traveling, or about to, make the process more enjoyable with 2 hours of cover songs over at uncertain.fm
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving!
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I'd appreciate if any audio tech folks could help circulate this exciting call for a fully-funded PhD position working in multichannel audio design for galleries.
It's part of an ARC funded project 'From Noise to Signal: Improving Sonic Experiences in the Gallery'
www.unsw.edu.au/research/hdr...
It's part of an ARC funded project 'From Noise to Signal: Improving Sonic Experiences in the Gallery'
www.unsw.edu.au/research/hdr...
November 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I'd appreciate if any audio tech folks could help circulate this exciting call for a fully-funded PhD position working in multichannel audio design for galleries.
It's part of an ARC funded project 'From Noise to Signal: Improving Sonic Experiences in the Gallery'
www.unsw.edu.au/research/hdr...
It's part of an ARC funded project 'From Noise to Signal: Improving Sonic Experiences in the Gallery'
www.unsw.edu.au/research/hdr...
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This is why I keep saying there is no number of books I could feasibly sell that would make a difference in my life financially. But every book sold is a vote of confidence to publishers and book sellers that I get to do another one. Having your book in stores is so fucking cool. Even 3 copies.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This is why I keep saying there is no number of books I could feasibly sell that would make a difference in my life financially. But every book sold is a vote of confidence to publishers and book sellers that I get to do another one. Having your book in stores is so fucking cool. Even 3 copies.
what if ben & jerry's ice cream was coffee
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
what if ben & jerry's ice cream was coffee
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Yes, HID headlights are very bright but the bigger problem is the proliferation of gargantuan vehicles with 5’+ hood heights so that if you’re driving a normal sized car their headlights are at your eye level rather than seat level like they’re supposed to be.
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Yes, HID headlights are very bright but the bigger problem is the proliferation of gargantuan vehicles with 5’+ hood heights so that if you’re driving a normal sized car their headlights are at your eye level rather than seat level like they’re supposed to be.
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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"You guys all got the shoe memo, I see."
November 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"You guys all got the shoe memo, I see."
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When calligraphers get mad they send strongly lettered words
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
When calligraphers get mad they send strongly lettered words
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Season 1 episode four of Mad About You from 1992. I will never get over this Back to the Future 2-ass timeline.
November 24, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Season 1 episode four of Mad About You from 1992. I will never get over this Back to the Future 2-ass timeline.
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normalise serving chocolate milk at parties
I do not drink because I have almost no tolerance for it anymore (one margarita is too much).
If you are hosting a party, I recommend also stocking:
-fancy ginger beer
-coconut water
-premium juices like lychee and guava
-apple cider with cinnamon
-Italian sodas
-sparkling water
Lots of options!
If you are hosting a party, I recommend also stocking:
-fancy ginger beer
-coconut water
-premium juices like lychee and guava
-apple cider with cinnamon
-Italian sodas
-sparkling water
Lots of options!
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
normalise serving chocolate milk at parties
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it just didn't have the legs 😢
Turns out interest in Metaverse had about a ~9 month half life.
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
it just didn't have the legs 😢
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if there's a reason to keep up the "tribunals for all involved" discourse one such reason it is to put in stark relief how far away some of the Dem politicking is from the mood on the ground
eric swalwell said on msnow that a major goal of a dem majority after the midterms would be for ice masks to come off and badges to come out, this is insufficient
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
if there's a reason to keep up the "tribunals for all involved" discourse one such reason it is to put in stark relief how far away some of the Dem politicking is from the mood on the ground
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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If you need a whistle in Somerville, stop by Gracie’s. If you need A LOT of whistles that’s probably ok too.
November 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
If you need a whistle in Somerville, stop by Gracie’s. If you need A LOT of whistles that’s probably ok too.
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪