Dan Slimmon @danslimmon.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Guillotine Part 2! Find out what illustrious Lord of the Rings star witnessed France's last public execution (it's probably the one you think!) [Part 1] techblows.net/26 [Part 2] techblows.net/27 [YouTube] techblows.net/yt #deathpenalty #techhistory #capitalpunishment #podcast #technologyblowstechblows.netTechnology Blows | The Guillotine: Grandfather Clock of Death (1/2)In celebration of Bastille Day, enjoy this 2-part episode on the guillotine. Find out:How a death penalty abolitionist became the namesake the world's most famous execution machineWhat makes the gu... 110
Reposted by Dan SlimmonNational Homelessness Law Center @homelesslaw.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Tech bro billionaires have no business coming into our communities to profit off the suffering of our homeless neighbors. But Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale is doing just that. Our report details the connections between Lonsdale, anti-homeless laws, prisons, & surveillance tech. buff.ly/qY38875 15226
Dan Slimmon @danslimmon.bsky.social · 14/07/2026It's 🇫🇷 Bastille Day!! 🇫🇷 So pop your headphones onto your precious, still-attached head, and listen to Episode 26: the guillotine! [web] techblows.net [youtube] www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djcd... #technologyblows #france #bastilleday #podcast #techhistory #capitalpunishment 010
Dan Slimmon @danslimmon.bsky.social · 09/07/2026If you see a brown bear, run away, if you see a black bear, raise your arms and go ape shit," – or whatever, maybe the other way around. Never bothered to memorize it, cause my plan if I see a bear is to immediately shit myself 000
Dan Slimmon @danslimmon.bsky.social · 26/05/2026To capital, opposition to AI datacenters is all “anti-tech extremism.” Nobody is anti-technology. Technology’s cool. It’s “eat the rich” not “eat the servers” www.wired.com/story/us-law...wired.comUS Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred GrowsAs Americans stew over the looming risk of job-stealing AI and data centers in their back yards, the feds are raising the alarm about a new category of threat, documents obtained by WIRED show. 020
Dan Slimmon @danslimmon.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Ticketmaster: how a company that does nothing came to own everything techblows.net/22 010
Reposted by Dan SlimmonAmyville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 26/05/2026many times i have threatened to write a book titled Screw Innovation (everything we have now is shit) about making things that WORK. apple health app could definitely be a chapter maybe i’ll get well enough to start this year 5688
Dan Slimmon @danslimmon.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Can't wait to have you on my podcast to plug the book techblows.nettechblows.netTechnology BlowsLike a self-driving Uber at a busy crosswalk, technological innovation keeps hurtling boldly ahead. Whether you’re choking down a mug of Keurig between back-to-back Zoom calls, granting GPS permissi... 111
Dan Slimmon @danslimmon.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Reminds me of the time Pope Francis went on Rogan to pump Dogecoin 010
Dan Slimmon @danslimmon.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Yale has further been accredited by the Federation of Ramen Slurpers and the National Council of Bong Scholars. 000
Dan Slimmon @danslimmon.bsky.social · 26/05/2026(Sundar Pichai whispering audibly into the sleeve of his regalia) gemini: does “cheugy” mean smart 000
Dan Slimmon @danslimmon.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Grok is here to seek truth and tell lies… and we're all out of truth. Catch the newest episode of Technology Blows right this instant: Podcast: techblows.net/20 Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6Y-... #llms #elonmusk #xai #grok #podcasttechblows.netTechnology Blows | Grok: Elon's Truth-Seeking AI Liar that Became HitlerGrok is here to seek truth and tell lies… and we're all out of truth. Join me and my guest Matt Johnson to find out:What Grok has in common with turn-of-the-20th-century tsarist propagandaThe 3 Jew... 110
Dan Slimmon @danslimmon.bsky.social · 17/04/2026v excited to spend the next 23 hours and 60 minutes online 000
Reposted by Dan Slimmonda share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 07/04/2026THIS SUCK'S LOL - dashare.zone ADMIN 0682185
Dan Slimmon @danslimmon.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Nancy Pelosi: I'm done! Me: oh HELL YEAH!!! (pulls confetti string) Nancy Pelosi: … with these Republican antics! Me: ah. (stares crestfallen at confetti-strewn living room) 000
Dan Slimmon @danslimmon.bsky.social · 25/03/2026There's this myth that automated spam detection is hard because spammers are all very clever masters of disguise. No. Spammers are stupid as a shoe. They have dog shit for brains. Automated spam detection is hard because the line between spam and "legitimate" marketing activity is a fiction. 021
Reposted by Dan SlimmonKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/03/2026The Trump administration could really restore confidence by getting the entire Cabinet to ride a tanker through the Straits of Hormuz to show everyone how safe and easy it is now. They could bring along a lot of MAGA influencers and Fox News hosts to broadcast it all live! 46687832053
Dan Slimmon @danslimmon.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Emotional idiots selling intelligence to regular idiots 020
Reposted by Dan SlimmonTechnology Blows @techblows.bsky.social · 12/03/2026he'll yeah #technologyblows #design #chrysler 011
Dan Slimmon @danslimmon.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Disturbing, yes. But slow down AI investment in the States and soon it'll be the Chinese forcing Kenyans to watch them shit arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...arstechnica.comWorkers report watching Ray-Ban Meta-shot footage of people using the bathroomMeta accused of "concealing the facts" about smart glass users' privacy. 011
Dan Slimmon @danslimmon.bsky.social · 09/03/2026I'll trust them when Altman goes on Instagram and takes a big bite of a Hellfire missile theintercept.com/2026/03/08/o...theintercept.comOpenAI on Surveillance and Autonomous Killings: You’re Going to Have to Trust UsOpenAI says Americans shouldn’t worry about the ethics of its new Pentagon contract. You’ll have to take their word for it (and Pete Hegseth’s). 000
Reposted by Dan SlimmonKameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 03/03/2026When you click the "beautify slide" AI feature in Google Slides. NOT A JOKE 251713382
Reposted by Dan SlimmonThe Verge @theverge.com · 05/03/2026Why platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket want so badly to be seen as sources of news, instead of anything-goes casinos.theverge.comPrediction markets are playing a dangerous gameThe fast rise of Kalshi, Polymarket, and other prediction markets is running headlong into gambling regulations, and now the industry is using the news media as its shield. 49663191
Dan Slimmon @danslimmon.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Podcast: techblows.net/19 Youtube: techblows.net/yttechblows.netTechnology Blows | Marty: the Robot Doofus Haunting the SupermarketMarty is a fully automated dipshit that wanders around the Stop & Shop getting in everyone's way and posing for selfies. Sometimes it hugs a cancer kid.References:https://bjsantiago.focalpointcoach... 000
Dan Slimmon @danslimmon.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Marty, everyone #technologyblows #marty #podcast #robots #supermarket 110
Dan Slimmon @danslimmon.bsky.social · 05/03/2026It's my sad duty to announce that Jim Taylor, president of Arby's, has passed away after eating an entire Arby's Italian Beef Dip Sandwich in one freakish bite and shitting himself into the sky. He's with the angels now 000
Reposted by Dan SlimmonTechnology Blows @techblows.bsky.social · 04/03/2026techblows.net/19 This week's episode of Technology Blows is for the New Englanders! Marty is a fully automated dipshit that wanders around the Stop & Shop getting in everyone's way and posing for selfies. Sometimes it hugs a cancer kid. #technologyblows #marty #stopandshop #retail #robotics #podcast 001
Dan Slimmon @danslimmon.bsky.social · 27/02/2026if all we're gonna do is trade gen-AI copypasta all day… why can't i just go home? 000
Reposted by Dan SlimmonTechnology Blows @techblows.bsky.social · 19/02/2026"Virtual reality hat" patented by Facebook in 2019. Not sure what the guy in Fig 15 is doing but he should definitely not be allowed within 500ft of a school #vrgaming #virtualreality #meta 012
Reposted by Dan SlimmonAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13/02/2026it's not the worst thing AI is doing but: i love cat videos so much and it's so annoying that people are posting ai cat videos now 842007185
Reposted by Dan SlimmonBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”futurism.comIt Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the PhilippinesDuring a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers. 620221406714
Reposted by Dan SlimmonErnie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · 29/01/2026This generation finally has its own version of Tyson Homosexual. 2104
Reposted by Dan SlimmonRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 28/01/2026drunk driving is illegal, so when you see the cop car light up behind you just hurl yourself out the driver's side door of your moving vehicle so you are no longer driving. congratulations: you just beat the system. 36109768
Reposted by Dan Slimmonda share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 21/01/2026FUCK ICE - SHIRT AT dashare.zone - dashare.zone ADMIN 01110264
Reposted by Dan SlimmonAdam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 25/01/2026Hello I’m the ubermensch, my one weakness is whistles 915107757
Reposted by Dan SlimmonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary. 846268538453
Reposted by Dan SlimmonJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 24/01/2026From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now): -If you work for ICE. -If you vote for money for ICE. You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know. 275175085159
Reposted by Dan SlimmonBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/01/2026By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying. 695298446970
Reposted by Dan SlimmonMargaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 22/01/2026I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town. 142153685716
Reposted by Dan Slimmonceej @ceej.online · 22/01/2026There is going to come a time in your life when you are chatting with a guy, at a barbecue or something, a new coworker maybe, a dad at school drop off, and he tells you he used to be in ICE. You’re going to need to spit on that guy 249128363579
Reposted by Dan SlimmonRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 22/01/2026it's never the crazy weird conspiracy theory weapons. they are poisoning you with toxins they are well-documented to have. they are beating you with ordinary sticks and shooting you with ordinary guns the only conspiracy is how they gained legal immunity to do this 314141907
Reposted by Dan Slimmonthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 22/01/2026AI is going great 1523933
Reposted by Dan SlimmonLouis @louisevans.bsky.social · 21/01/2026"The old Trek is dying, and the new Trek struggles to be born; now is the time of Doctor Pulaski.” – Antonio Gramsci 029127
